1. ذُدِ الدَمعَ حَتّى يَظعَنَ الحَيُّ إِنَّما

    دُموعَكَ إِن فاضَت عَلَيكَ دَليلُ

    Hold back the tears until the tribe departs; for

    your tears, if they overflow, give you away.

  2. كَأَنَّ دُموعَ العَينِ يَومَ تَحَمَّلوا

    جُمانٌ عَلى جَنبِ القَميصِ يَسيلُ

    As though the eye’s tears, on the day they departed,

    were pearls flowing down the side of the shirt.