1. أمولاي قد آثرتني متفضلا

    وأهديت ديناراً قد استغرق الوصفا

    O my lord, you have graciously favored me,

    and given me a dinar that exhausted all description.

  2. ولكنه قد خاف من سلطانه

    ألم تره من خوفه نقص النصفا

    But it had grown afraid of its sultan—

    Did you not see it shrink by half from fear?