1. ما زالَ يأْكلُ مِنْ لحمي وَيشربُ مِنْ

    دمعي وَيرتعُ في جلدي بمخلبِه

    He kept eating my flesh and drinking from

    my tears, and feasting on my skin with his claw,

  2. حتى إذا الدَّهرُ جازاه بفعْلتِه

    لم يُبْقِ لي مدمعاً أبكي عليه بِهِ

    until, when Time repaid him for his deed,

    he had left me no tear duct with which to weep for him.