أَجْرى دُمُوعاً كَمِثْلِ الدُّرِّ أَهْمَلَها

مِنْ ناظِرَيْهِ عَلَى ياقُوتِ وَجْنَتِهِ

He shed tears like pearls he ignored

From his two eyes upon his ruby and garden.

فَحَدَّرَتْ مُقْلَتا عَيْني العقِيقَ عَلَى

خَدٍّ حَكى ذَهباً مِنْهُ بِصُفْرَتِهِ

So my carnelian eyes trickled down

Upon a cheek telling of gold in its paleness.

دَمْعانِ لَوْنانِ في لَونيْنِ قَدْ جَرَيا

كلٌّ أَتى عَجَباً مِنهُ بِجِرْيَتِهِ

Two tears of two colors flowed down in two complexions,

Each coming wondrously in its own flow.