1. قالَ ما للسَّوادِ لُبُسك أضحَى

    وَهوَ ما كان لُبسَكَ المُعتَادا

    He said, “Why has black become your attire,

    When it was not your usual dress?”

  2. قلتُ دَعنِي فما علمتَ بِحالِي

    ماتَ حَظِّي وقد لَبِستُ السَّوادا

    I said, “Leave me be, for you do not know my plight.

    My fortune has died, and I have donned black.”