1. إن عيني مذ غاب مثقال عنها

    أورثتني البكا وعز اصطباري

    Indeed, my eye, since Mithqal vanished from its sight,

    has left me weeping, and I can scarcely endure.

  2. وعلى مثل فلس مثقال يبكى

    لا على درهم ولا دينار

    It is for the likes of Mithqal's copper coin that one weeps,

    not for a dirham or a dinar.