1. ما للمُعيلِ وللمَعَالي إنما

    يَسعَى إليهنَّ الوحيد الفاردُ

    What has a man with dependents to do with lofty aims? Only

    the lone, solitary man strives toward them.

  2. فالشمسُ تَجتَاب السَّماءَ وحيدةً

    وابو بناتِ النعشِ فيها راكدُ

    For the sun traverses the sky alone,

    while the father of the Daughters of the Bier remains motionless in it.