1. إذا غنى لنا أمما

    حشوت مسامعي صمما

    Whenever he sings for us at close quarters,

    I stuff my ears with deafness;

  2. وإن أبصرت طلعته

    كحلت نواظري بعمى

    And if I see his face,

    I line my eyes with blindness.