And eyelids chafed by tears of blood they bled；
And body clad，by loving pine and pain，
In shirt of leanness，and worn down to thread，To thee complain I of Love's tormentry，
Which ousted hapless Patience from her stead：
A toi！ show favour and some mercy deign，
For Passion's cruel hands my vitals shred.'
And beneath his lines he wrote these cadenced sentences，'The heart's pain is removed by union with the beloved and whomso his lover paineth only Allah assaineth！ If we or you have wrought deceit may the deceiver win defeat！ There is naught goodlier than a lover who keeps faith with the beloved who works him scathe.'Then，by way of subion，he wrote，'From the distracted and despairing man whom love and longing trepan from the lover under passion's ban the prisoner of transport and distraction from this Kamar alZaman son of Shahriman to the peerless one of the fair Houris the pearlunion to the Lady Budur daughter of King Al Ghayur Know thou that by night I am sleepless and by day in distress consumed with increasing wasting and pain and longing and love unfain abounding in sighs with tear flooded eyes by passion captive ta'en of Desire the slain with heart seared by the parting of us twain the debtor of longing bane，of sickness cupcompanion I am the sleepless one，who never closeth eye the slave of love，whose tears run never dry for the fire of my heart is still burning and never hidden is the flame of my yearning.'
Then on the margin Kamar alZaman wrote this admired verse，'Salem from graces hoarded by my Lord
To her，who holds my heart and soul in hoard！'
And also these，'Pray'ee grant me some words from your lips，belike
Such mercy may comfort and cool these eyne：
From the stress of my love and my pine for you，
I make light of what makes me despised，indign：