1. لله ساقُ مشرق

    مُتحمّلٌ عظم الكفل

    What a radiant cupbearer—

    Bearing the great bulk of his rump!

  2. لمّا بدا لي قُلتُ ذا

    يا قومُ ساريةُ الجبل

    When he appeared to me, I said, “This,

    O people, is the mountain’s pillar!”