1. عَذيري إِلى المَجدِ مِن كَونِ مِثلي

    بِآنَةَ أَو مِن مَبيتي بَلُبِّ

    Who will plead my excuse before glory for one like me

    being in Āna, or for my nights spent in Lubb?

  2. وَبَغدادُ لَو هَتَفَت بي هَلُمَّ

    هلُمَّ لما كُنتُ مِمَّن يُلَبّي

    And if Baghdad called out to me, “Come,

    come!” I would not be among those who answer.