ما بالُ قَلبِكَ لا يَقَرُّ خُفوقاً

وَأَراكَ تَرعى النِسرَ وَالعُيّوقا

Why does your heart not settle, restless?

I see you shepherd the eagles and deer,

وَجُفونُ عَينِكَ قَد نَثَرنَ مِنَ البُكا

فَوقَ المَدامِعِ لُؤلُؤً وَعَقيقا

Yet your eyelids have scattered pearls

and rubies over the tears.

لَو لَم يَكُن إِنسانُ عَينِكَ سابِحاً

في بَحرِ دَمعَتِهِ لَماتَ غَريقا

If the human in your eyes were not swimming

in the sea of his tears, he would have drowned.