1. قُلْ لشَمْسِ الدّينِ وُقّيتَ الرّدى

    لمْ يَدَعْ سُقْمُكَ عِنْدي جَلَدا

    Say to Shams al-Din: May you be spared death!

    Your illness has left me no fortitude.

  2. رَمِدَتْ عيْنُكَ هذا عَجَبٌ

    أوَ عيْنُ الشّمسِ تشْكو الرّمَدا

    Your eye has become inflamed—how strange!

    And can the sun’s eye complain of inflammation?