1. أَفدي الَّذي إِذ سَأَلت عَنهُ

    رَنا وَسهم اللحاظ راشا

    I would ransom the one who, when I asked about him,

    Gazed and feathered the arrow of his glances;

  2. وَثَغره باِسمهِ يحاجي

    ما مثل قَولي شَفا عطاشا

    And his mouth poses a riddle with his name:

    “What, like my words, has quenched the thirsty?”