1. هَتَّاكِ أَخْبِيَةٍ وَلاّجِ أَبْوِبَةٍ

    يَخْلِطُ بِالبِرِّ مِنْهُ الجِدَّ واللِّينَا

    A tearer of tents, an ever-frequent enterer of doors,

    He mingles firmness and gentleness with his kindness.

  2. كَأَنَّ نَزْوَ فِرَاخِ الهَامِ بَيْنَهُمُ

    نَزْوُ القُلاَتِ زَهَاهَا قَالٌ قَالِينَا

    As though the brain-fragments leaping among them

    Were tipcat sticks leaping, tossed aloft by a player vying with players.