تَعلّقنَ بالأشفارِ من كُلّ فَعَبرةٌ

تَسير بأخرى ماؤها ما تنشّفا

My tears hang on my eyelashes, one after another

Their streams flow ceaselessly, their waters never dry

وقد جدّ دمعي فوقَ خدّي فَعَبرةٌ

تَسير بأخرى ماؤها ما تنشّفا

Indeed my tears have streamed down my cheeks, one after another

Their streams flow ceaselessly, their waters never dry

إذا اجتمعا نوعين قلتُ شقيقةٌ

أُضيف إليها نرجسٌ فتألفا

When two kinds come together, I say: they are sisters

Add to them a narcissus - how well they harmonise