1. أَيا مَنْ حَوى الأدَب المنتقى

    ومَنْ ظلَّ تُحمد آثارُه

    O you who possess the choicest literary learning,

    and you whose deeds are ever praised,

  2. تفضّل عليَّ بمقلوب صد

    مُصحَّف قولي خَبَتْ نارُه

    favor me with the reverse of 'ṣadd' ('rejection'),

    a dot-altered form of my saying, 'His fire died out.'