1. وَإِنَّ اِمرَأً أَمسَت مَساقِطُ رَحلِهِ

    بِأَسوانَ لَم يَترُك لَهُ الحِرصُ مَعلَما

    And indeed, a man whose saddle has come to rest

    in Aswan—greed has left him no landmark unvisited.

  2. حَلَلتُ مَحَلّاً يَقصُرُ البَرقُ دونَهُ

    وَيَعجِزُ عَنهُ الطَيفُ أَن يَتَجَشَّما

    I have settled in a place that lightning falls short of,

    and the dream-phantom cannot brave the journey to it.