1. ما لي رَأَيتُ صُنوفَ الباطِلِ اِشتَبَهَت

    فَلَم تَزَل بِقِرانِ المُشتَري زُحَلا

    Why do I find the kinds of falsehood so alike?

    Yet conjunction with Jupiter has not displaced Saturn.

  2. عَبدانِ لِلَّهِ سَيّارانِ ما سَئِما

    طولَ المَسيرِ إِذا مَلَّ الفَتى الرَحَلا

    Two servants of God, ever wandering, who have never tired

    of the long journey, even when a young man wearies of travel.

  3. وَما اِستَفَزَّهُما الاِمهالُ فَاِدَّعَيا

    بِالجَهلِ ما قالَهُ المَغرورُ وَاِنتَحَلا

    Nor has respite emboldened them to claim

    in ignorance what the deluded one declared and falsely claimed.

  4. إِن يَنظُرا أَعيُناً رُمداً فَما رَمِدا

    وَلا بِغَيرِ سَوادِ الحِندِسِ اِكتَحَلا

    If they behold sore eyes, they do not become sore-eyed,

    nor have they used any kohl but the blackness of deepest night.