وقائلةٍ ما بَالُ دمعِك أحمَرُ

ومَنْ ذا الرَّشا تُقلى بِنارِ جَفَائِهِ

And she asks, "Why are your tears crimson red?

Who is it whose cruelty burns you so?"

فَقُلْتُ لَها الهجْرَانُ للْعَيْنِ جَارِحٌ

ومِنْ عادَةِ المَجْروحِ سَيْلُ دِمائِهِ

I said to her, "Separation wounds the eyes,

And it is the wounded's nature for their blood to flow."