1. دَعْهُ ونتفَ العذارِ إذْ ما

    يسَّرَ وصلي حتى تَعذَّرْ

    Leave him to pluck his cheek-down, since

    he made our union easy until it grew difficult.

  2. بالنتفِ ثم النبات يبقى

    عذارُهُ السكرَ المكررْ

    With plucking and then regrowth, there remains

    his cheek-down—twice-refined sugar.