1. فَرَأَيْتُهَا عُصْلاً مُوَقَّحَةً

    عَزَّتْ فَمَا تُسْطَاعُ بِالْكَسْرِ

    So I found them crooked and hardened,

    unyielding, not to be broken.

  2. فَلِذَاكَ صِرْتُ مَعَ الشَّبِيبَةِ نَازِلاً

    في غَيْرِ مَنْزِلَتِي مِنَ العُمْرِ

    So I came to dwell among the young,

    at a stage of life not my own.