1. ما دَمعُه فاضَ بل فاضَت سَرائِرُه

    والدَّمع أوَّلُ ما يَجري وآخِرُه

    It was not his tears that overflowed, but his innermost secrets.

    And tears are the first thing to flow, and the last.

  2. لسانُ عاذِرِه في الحبِّ عاذلُه

    وقلبُ عاذِلِه في الحبِّ عاذِرُه

    The tongue of the one who excuses him in love reproaches him.

    And the heart of the one who reproaches him in love excuses him.

  3. أمسى يَرى ما رآه من صَبابَتهِ

    لكن مُساعِدُه في الشرِّ ناظِرُه

    He now sees what he has seen because of his ardent longing.

    But his accomplice in evil is his eye.