أين لي عبرةٌ فأطفئ وجدا

إن عيني لم تأل في الدمع جهدا

Where can I find tears to extinguish my passion?

My eyes never weary of shedding their tears.

حسبها إن بكت دماً ودموعاً

بهما أقرحت جفوناً وخدا

Although they have wept blood and tears,

With which they have ulcerated my eyelids and cheeks.

مزجت ذا بذا كما مزج الشو

قُ بِحر الغليلِ سقماً وسهدا

I have mingled my tears with my pains,

Like the pouring of rain on a sickly invalid.

عين هذا مما رأيت فذوقي

واصبري للذي جنيب فبعدا

These tears are because of what I have seen, so taste them,

And have patience, O my heart, though far off.