1. يا عَبرةً ليسَ تَستبينُ

    غيَّضنها في الحَشا الجفونُ

    O tear that does not show,

    The eyelids have held it back within the breast.

  2. يَحيا بِها قلبُ مُستهامٍ

    بكاؤُهُ كامنٌ مَصونُ

    A lovesick lover's heart lives by it,

    His weeping lies hidden and guarded.

  3. دمعانِ لم يُدركا بوَهمٍ

    ولا امتنى بينهما ظنونُ

    Two tears, beyond imagination's grasp,

    Nor did conjectures imagine anything between them.

  4. تجاريا في الضَّمير حتى

    كادَت تراعيهما العيونُ

    They flowed together in the inner self until

    The eyes nearly caught sight of them.