1. تقولُ لي وكلانا عند فرقتنا

    ضدّان أدمعنا درٌّ وياقوت

    She says to me—at our parting, we two

    are opposites, our tears pearls and rubies—

  2. أقمْ بأرضك هذا العامَ قلتُ لها

    كيف المقامُ وما في منزلي قوت

    “Stay in your land this year.” I said to her,

    “How can I stay, when there is no sustenance in my home,

  3. ولا بأرضكِ حرٌّ يستجارُ به

    إلا لئيمٌ ومذمومٌ وممقوت

    and no noble man in your land with whom to seek refuge—

    only one who is base, reviled, and detested?”