1. وَإِنَّ اِمرأً يَغدو وَحَجرٌ وَراءَهُ

    وَجَوٌّ وَلا يَغزوهُما لَضَيعفُ

    And indeed, a man who sets out in the morning with Hajr behind him

    And Jaww, yet raids neither, is surely weak.

  2. إِذا حُلَّةٌ أَبلَيتُها اِبتَعتُ حُلَّةً

    كَساني بِها طَوعُ القِيادِ عَليفُ

    Whenever I wear out a suit of clothes, I buy another;

    A fodder-fed beast, docile to the rein, clothes me in it.

  3. سَعى العَبدُ إِثري ساعَةً ثُمَّ رَدَّهُ

    تَذَكُّرُ تَنّورٍ لَهُ وَرَغيفُ

    The slave hurried after me for a while, then was turned back

    By the thought of his oven and a loaf of bread.