1. قالَ لي عاذلي أتسبيكَ عينٌ

    منهُ سوداءُ قلتُ بلْ إنسانُ

    My reproacher said to me, “Does an eye hold you captive—

    a black one of his?” I said, “Rather, its pupil.”

  2. قال لي فاسألْهُ فقلْتُ اسْلُ عَذْلي

    قالَ لي هِنْتَ قلتُ هانَ الهوانُ

    He said to me, “Then ask him”; so I said, “Forget reproaching me.”

    He said to me, “You are abased.” I said, “Abasement is easy to bear.”