1. How often my eyes were sleepless because of you, while you slept,
And I fancied with you my glory, but stumbled in my fancy.
١. وكمْ سهرتْ عيني عليكمْ ونمتمُ
ورمتُ بكمْ عزِّي فصادفتُ زلّتي
2. So I admonished myself for my tenderness and your disdain,
And consoled it with renouncing the love of you and so it was consoled.
٢. فذكَّرْتُ نفسي رقتي وجفاكم
وسلَّيْتُها عنْ حبِّكم فتسلَّتِ