1. وَلَمَّا رَأَتْ عَزْمِي حَثِيثاً عَلَى السُّرَى

    وَقَدْ رَابَهَا صَبْرِي عَلَى مَوْقِفِ الْبَيْنِ

    When she saw how intent I was on traveling by night,

    And my composure at the moment of parting troubled her,

  2. أََتَتْ بِصِحَاحِ الْجَوْهَرِيّ دُمُوعُهَا

    فَعَارَضْتُ مِنْ دَمْعِي بِمُخْتَصَرِ الْعَيْنِ

    Her tears brought forth al-Jawhari’s al-Sihah;

    So I answered with my tears, with an abridgment of al-Ayn.