1. ذَهب الحمّصُ وَالوَعدُ الَّذي

    سَدَّ عَن إِنجازِهِ كُلَّ طَريق

    Gone are the chickpeas and the promise that

    Barred every path to its fulfillment.

  2. طالَ فيهِ المطلُ حَتّى إِنَّني

    قَد تَمَثَّلتُ بِشعرِ اِبنِ حَريق

    The stalling over it dragged on so long that I

    Came to quote the poetry of Ibn Ḥarīq.