1. قل للمهندس أترك بَرجل العَذَلِ

    أطلت بحثك في قول بلا عمل

    Tell the engineer: put aside the compass of reproach.

    You have prolonged your inquiry in talk without action.

  2. أما ترى مستقيم الجسم منحنياً

    من كسر لحظ رماه الله بالكسل

    Do you not see the straight-bodied one bent,

    By the breaking force of a glance that God has struck with languor?

  3. وأسس القلب من ضلعيه زاوية

    وقفاً على حرق الاشجان من قبل

    And the heart has built an angle from its two ribs,

    Previously endowed for the burning pains of sorrow.