1. دَعَا صُرَدٌ يَوماً عَلَى عُودِ شَوحَطٍ

    وصاحَ بِذاتِ البَينِ مِنها غُرابُها

    One day a shrike called from a branch of a shauhat tree.

    And her raven cried out at the very moment of parting from her.

  2. فَقُلتُ أَتَصريدٌ وشَحطٌ وغُربَةٌ

    فَهَذا لَعَمري نَأيُها واغترِابها

    So I said: Is it a shrike’s cry, distance, and exile?

    For this, by my life, is her remoteness and estrangement.