1. زار فؤادي عائداً طرفه

    كلاهما في الدهر مضنى قديم

    His gaze visited my heart, as one visits the sick.

    Both are longstanding sufferers in this world.

  2. فقلت اذ أبصرت حاليهما

    مسعجبا عاد السقيم السقيم

    So I said, when I saw their two conditions,

    in astonishment: “One invalid has visited another!”