1. إِذا لُمتُ عَينَيَّ اللَتَينِ أَضَرَّتا

    بِجِسمِيَ فيكُم قالَتا لي لُمِ القَلبا

    Whenever I blame my two eyes, which have harmed

    my body on your account, they tell me, “Blame the heart.”

  2. فَإِن لُمتُ قَلبي قالَ عَيناكَ هاجَتا

    عَلَيكَ الَّذي تَلقى وَلي تَجعَلُ الذَنبا

    And if I blame my heart, it says, “Your two eyes have brought

    upon you what you endure, yet you lay the blame on me.”

  3. وَقالَت لَهُ العَينانِ أَنتَ عَشِقتَها

    فَقالَ نَعَم أَورَثتُماني بِها عُجبا

    And the two eyes said to it, “You fell in love with her.”

    It said, “Yes—you two filled me with admiration for her.”

  4. فَقالَت لَهُ العَينانِ فَاَكفُف عَنِ الَّتي

    مِنَ البُخلِ ما تَسقيكَ مِن ريقِها عَذبا

    Then the two eyes said to it, “Then turn away from her who,

    out of stinginess, gives you no sweet draught of her saliva.”

  5. فَقالَ فُؤادي عَنكِ لَو تُرِكَ القَطا

    لَنامَ وَما باتَ القَطا يَخرُقُ السُهبا

    Then my heart said of you, “Had the sandgrouse been left alone,

    it would have slept, and the sandgrouse would not have spent the night cutting across the wide plains.”