1. وَنَقَّبتُ عِرسي بِالطَلاقِ مُصَمِّماً

    وَكانَت حَصاةً بَينَ رِجلي وَأَخمَصي

    And I veiled my wife with divorce, firmly resolved.

    And she had been a pebble between my foot and my arch.

  2. فَأَبَّهتُ عُذّالي وَفاتَ الَّذي مَضى

    وَهُنّيتُ عَيشاً بَعدَ عَيشٍ مُنَغَصِ

    So I made my reproachers take heed, and what had passed was gone.

    And I was wished joy of life after a life embittered.