1. أَنا الَّذي أَشعارُهُ

    تَسيرُ ما سارَ القَمَر

    I am he whose verses

    travel as long as the moon travels.

  2. إِذا أَتَت أَمثالُهُ

    كانَت كَنَقشٍ في حَجَر

    When his maxims appear,

    they are like an engraving in stone.