1. لا زلت يا عمر أبي عمرو

    أبقى على الدهر من الدهر

    May you ever remain, O life of Abū ʿAmr,

    More enduring through time than time itself.

  2. فتى إذا ما جاء لي بحرُهُ

    أمرت من يخرى على البحر

    A young man—whenever his sea comes to me,

    I order someone to shit upon the sea.

  3. وإن بدا لي وجهه طالعاً

    صفعت بالشمس قفا البدر

    And if his face appears to me, rising,

    I slap the full moon’s nape with the sun.