1. The letter of a beloved came after estrangement
Her fingers kept whispering to my eyelids

2. She glanced at me with it but did not strike my death
Not all who are glanced at are struck down by the glancer

3. When I die, weep for me, slain by her glance
Slain by a present foe that does not abandon it

4. He cried and complained of one he loves but did not confess
More than what he has said, though he is its speaker

5. The one most deserving to cry copiously over him
Is a slain man whose killer is not known

6. He seeks refuge from separation, lest it burn him
I did not see anything except death that equals it