1. وقد اطمعتْ فيَّ الحوادثُ منهم

    فقيراً وأعمى يلمس الأرض مقعدا

    And misfortunes have emboldened some of them against me:

    A pauper and a blind man feeling the ground, crippled.

  2. يروم ورجلاه أسته خندفيَّه

    من المجد أعيت ما أمرَّ واحصدا

    He seeks—with his buttocks for feet—a Khindifite share

    Of glory that has foiled all he twisted and bound fast.