1. لمّا اجتمعُوا عَواذلي للَّومِ

    يَلحَونَ على البُكاءِ بَعدَ القومِ

    When my reproachers gathered to blame me,

    reproaching me for weeping after the people had gone,

  2. ما جئتُ بِعذرٍ غيرَ قَولي لهُمُ

    غسلتُ بماءِ الدَّمعِ مَيتَ النَّومِ

    I offered no excuse but my words to them:

    “I washed the corpse of sleep with the water of tears.”