1. أكتمُ أخبارَ الهوى عن عواذِلي

    وللطرفِ منِّي بالمدامعِ أنباء

    I conceal the news of love from my reproachers,

    Yet my eye has news of me to tell through tears.

  2. فيا عجباً منِّي لإنسان مقلني

    يحدِّث أخباري وفي فمه ماء

    How I marvel at the little man—the pupil—of my eye:

    He tells my news, though there is water in his mouth.