1. قلتُ له وَرْدٌ بخدَّيْك، ذا

    فقال لا بَلْ دمُ عُشّاقي

    I said to him, 'This is rose bloom on your cheeks.'

    He said, 'No, rather the blood of my lovers.'

  2. قلتُ فمن أَهرقه فيهما

    فقال لي: مُرْهَف أَحداقي

    I said, 'Then who shed it on them both?'

    He said to me, 'The keen blade of my eyes.'

  3. قلتُ فما بُرهانه قال لي

    بقيةُ الدمِ بآماقي

    I said, 'Then what is its proof?' He said to me,

    'The blood remaining at the inner corners of my eyes.'