1. وَلَمّا أَبَت عَينايَ أَن تَكتُما البُكا

    وَأَن تَحبِسا سَحَّ الدُموعِ السَواكِبِ

    And when my eyes refused to conceal my weeping

    and to stem the torrent of streaming tears,

  2. تَثاءَبتُ كَي لا يُنكِرَ الدَمعَ مُنكِرٌ

    وَلكِن قَليلاً ما بَقاءُ التَثاؤُبِ

    I yawned, lest a critic object to my tears;

    but yawning lasts only a little while.

  3. أَعَرَّضتُماني لِلهَوى وَنَمَمتُما

    عَلَيَّ لَبِئسَ الصاحِبانِ لِصاحِبِ

    Have you two exposed me to passion and told tales

    against me? Wretched companions indeed for a companion!