1. وكنت قرير العين ليلة وصلهم

    وقد صرت من يوم الفراق سحينها

    And my eyes were cool with joy on the night of union with them;

    Yet since the day of parting, my eyes have grown hot with grief.

  2. اعني بدمع يا خليلي على البكا

    فان شؤون العين قل معينها

    Help me with tears, my friend, in weeping,

    For the eye's tear ducts have little flowing water left.