1. العينُ تَوَدُّ في جميعِ الأزْمانْ

    لو تُبْصر طَرْفَه المريض الفَتَّانْ

    The eye wishes, at all times,

    That it could see his languid, bewitching gaze.

  2. تشْكو سُهْدَ النَّاعِساتِ الأجْفانْ

    فالنَّومُ كما يقال حَقّاً سُلْطانْ

    It laments the sleeplessness of those with drowsy eyelids;

    For sleep, as is truly said, is a sovereign.