1. فَأَذرَيتَ دَمعاً بِالدِماءِ مُصَبَّغاً

    كَما يَتَواهى عَقدُ عِقدٍ مُنَسَّقِ

    So you shed tears stained with blood,

    As the knot of a neatly strung necklace comes undone.

  2. وَقَد باشَرَ اللَيلَ الصَباحُ كَأَنَّهُ

    بَقِيَّةُ كُحلٍ في حَماليقِ أَزرَقِ

    And dawn had touched the night, as though it were

    A trace of kohl in the inner eyelids of a blue-eyed man.