1. فُجِعَ القَريضُ بخاتمِ الشُّعراءِ

    وغَديرِ رَوْضَتِها حَبيبِ الطّائي

    Poetry was bereaved of the seal of the poets,

    And of the pool of its garden, Habib al-Ta’i.

  2. ماتا معاً فَتَجاورا في حُفْرَةٍ

    وكَذاكَ كانا قَبْلُ في الأَحْياءِ

    They died together, so became neighbors in a grave,

    And so they had been before, among the living.