1. قَالَ لِي وَالدَّمُوعُ تَنْهَلُّ سُحْباً

    فِي عِرَاصٍ مِنَ الْخُدُودِ مُحُولِ

    He said to me, while tears poured down in clouds

    Upon the barren expanses of cheeks:

  2. بِكَ مَا بِي فَقُلْتُ مَوْلاَيَ عَافَا

    كَ الْمُعَافِي مِنْ عَبْرَتِي وَنُحُولِي

    “You suffer as I do.” I said, “My lord, may you be spared

    By the Healer from my tears and wasting.

  3. أَنا جَفْنِي الْقَرِيحُ يَرْوِي عَن الأَعْمَشِ

    وَالْجَفْنُ مِنْكَ عَنْ مَكْحُولِ

    As for me, my wounded eyelid narrates on the authority of al-Aʿmash,

    And your eyelid on the authority of Makhul.”