1. My lament did not avail me at parting,
No more did the flintiness of her heart yield to guiles.
١. لَم يُغنِ لَدى الفِراق عَنّي جَزَعي
ما لانَ حصاةُ قَلبها بالخِدَعِ
2. I gave her my fill of words and she said farewell -
"Spare me more! You have surfeited me."
٢. أَشبَعتُ لَها القَولَ فَقالَت وَمَضَت
أَقصِر فَلَقَد لَفَظتَني عَن شَبَعِ