1. أشربُ الماءَ إذا ما التهبَتْ

    نار أحشائي لإطفاء اللَّهَبْ

    I drink water whenever it flares up—

    the fire in my entrails—to quench the flame.

  2. فأَراهُ زائداً في حُرقتي

    فكأن الماء للنار حَطَبْ

    Yet I find it increasing my burning pain,

    So it is as though water were firewood for the fire.