1. قد تغنينا بالشجي من الشعر

    واجهشنا بعد ذاك التغني

    We have sung the plaintive strains of poetry,

    And we burst into tears after that singing.

  2. انا ابكي وامسح العين منها

    وهي تبكي وتمسح العين مني

    I weep and wipe her eye,

    And she weeps and wipes mine.