1. يقولون لي في اسم الغراب تطيّرٌ

    ولو أنصفوا في القول بالعكس غيّروا

    They tell me, “The name al-Ghurab—the Crow—is taken as an ill omen.”

    And had they been fair in their words, they would have said the reverse:

  2. ولم يتطيّر في الورى أحدٌ به

    ولكنّهُ من غيره يتطيّرُ

    No one among humankind has taken an ill omen from him;

    But he takes ill omens from others.