1. ومنكرةٍ ما بي من الوجد والأسى

    ولي شاهدان فيض دمعي وتسهادي

    Many a woman denies the passion and sorrow within me,

    though I have two witnesses: my streaming tears and sleeplessness.

  2. فقلت إذا انكرت ما بي فسائلي

    إذا راح عني يا ابنة القوم عوادي

    So I said, “If you deny what ails me, then ask

    my sickbed visitors when they have left me, O daughter of the tribe.”