Of tears flows through the rock and down the mountain,

Whence beast and bird may drink; but she, in chains,

Fixed in the path of all the winds remains.

This tomb holds naught, this woman hath no tomb:

To be both grave and body is her doom.

Lament XVI

Misfortune hath constrainèd me

To leave the lute and poetry,

Nor can I from their easing borrow

Sleep for my sorrow.