1. إِني اِمرُءٌ عيصيِ بِشَوكَتِهِ

    فَاِخبُط بِعودِكَ عيصاً غَيرَ مُمتَنِعِ

    Indeed, I am a man whose thicket is guarded by its thorns;

    so beat with your stick a thicket that offers no resistance.