1. مَنْ لِي بِذَكْرَى كُلَّمَا أَوْجَسْتُهَا

    تَمْحُو سُلُوِّي وَاشْتِيَاقِي تُثْبِتُ

    Who can help me with a memory that, whenever I sense it,

    erases my solace and makes my longing endure,

  2. وَسَحَابِ دَمْعٍ كُلَّمَا أَمْطَرْتُهُ

    غَيْرَ الْقَتَادِ بِمَضْجَعِي لاَ تُنْبِتُ

    and a cloud of tears that, whenever I rain it down,

    grows nothing on my bed but thornbushes?