1. كأَنَّ أَجْفَانَهُ مِنْ جِسْمِ عَاشِقِهِ

    قَدْ رُكِّبَتْ فَهْيَ بِالأَسْقَامِ تَحْكِيهِ

    It is as though his eyelids, from his lover's body,

    Have been fashioned—so in sickness they resemble him.

  2. في صُدْغِهِ عَقْرَبٌ لِلْصُّدْغِ لادِغَةٌ

    دِرْياقُ لَدْغَتِها يا قَوْمِ مِنْ فِيهِ

    At his temple is a scorpion, stinging the temple;

    The antidote to its sting, O my people, comes from his mouth.