1. يُخالفُ العهدَ في تصرُّفِهِ

    وَهوَ على خَلقِهِ وإن صَغرا

    He breaks the covenant in his conduct,

    And remains as he was made, though small.

  2. كانّه في يَدَ بمحركهِ

    ينشُرُ قَلبي بهِ وما شَعَرا

    As though, in a hand, with what moves him,

    He saws through my heart with it, unaware.

  3. كأنّه داودَ حينَ يُوقِظُه

    يقرأُ فيهِ الزّبورَ والسُّورا

    As though he were David when he awakens it,

    Reading in it the Psalms and the surahs.