يا بؤس من يمنى بدمع ساجم
يهمي على حجب الفؤاد الواجم
How wretched is one afflicted with streaming tears
that rain down over the veils of his mute heart—
لولا تقلُّله بكاسي مُدامة
ورسائل الصَّابي وشعر كشاجم
were it not for his making do with two cups of wine,
al-Ṣābiʾ’s epistles, and Kushājim’s verse.
Sol 5.6