أرقتُ حتى كأني أعشقُ الأرَقا

وذُبتُ حتى كأنَّ السقمَ لي خُلِقا

I became sleepless as if I were in love with sleeplessness,

And I wasted away as if sickness was created for me.

وفاضَ دَمعي على خَدي فأحرقهُ

فمن رأى غرقاً في الماء محترِقا

My tears flowed down my cheek and burned it,

So whoever saw a drowning man burning in water?

مسالكُ الدمعِ من عيني إلى كبدي

أطغى وإن كان يشفيني إذا نطقا

The paths of tears from my eyes to my liver

Overflowed, even though speaking would cure me.

وقائلٍ لي أين الصبرُ قلتُ له

ملَّ الفؤادُ من الأحزانِ فاحترقا

And someone said to me, “Where is your patience?” I said to him,

“My heart is full of sorrows, so it caught fire.”