إنَّ عَيْناً قُوْتُها مرْآكَ يا

إنَّ عَيْناً قُوْتُها مرْآكَ يا

أَمْنَها من حَادِثَاتِ الرَّمَدِ

أَمْنَها من حَادِثَاتِ الرَّمَدِ

Indeed, an eye whose sustenance is the sight of you, O

A sight whose strength is seeing you, O

its safeguard against the afflictions of ophthalmia,

Giver of security from afflictions of dust,

جَاعَ مِمَّا مَرِضَتْ إنْسَانُها

جَاعَ مِمَّا مَرِضَتْ إنْسَانُها

فتداركْهُ بِبَعضِ الإثْمَدِ

فتداركْهُ بِبَعضِ الإثْمَدِ

has a pupil grown hungry because the eye fell ill;

Became hungry from the sickness of its person,

so tend to it with a little antimony kohl.

So revive it with some bread.