Couplet 1171
They showed me him, and then my endless pain
I saw: why then should weeping eyes complain
Explanation
As this incurable malady has been caused by my eyes which showed (him) to me, why should they now weep for (him)
Couplet 1172
How glancing eyes, that rash unweeting looked that day,
With sorrow measureless are wasting now away
Explanation
The dyed eyes that (then) looked without foresight, why should they now endure sorrow, without feeling sharply (their own fault)
Couplet 1173
The eyes that threw such eager glances round erewhile
Are weeping now. Such folly surely claims a smile
Explanation
They themselves looked eagerly (on him) and now they weep. Is not this to be laughed at?
Couplet 1174
Those eyes have wept till all the fount of tears is dry,
That brought upon me pain that knows no remedy
Explanation
These painted eyes have caused me a lasting mortal disease; and now they can weep no more, the tears having dried up
Couplet 1175
The eye that wrought me more than sea could hold of woes,
Is suffering pangs that banish all repose
Explanation
Mine eyes have caused me a lust that is greater than the sea and (they themselves) endure the torture of sleeplessness
Couplet 1176
Oho! how sweet a thing to see! the eye
That wrought this pain, in the same gulf doth lie
Explanation
The eyes that have given me this disease have themselves been seized with this (suffering) Oh! I am much delighted
Couplet 1177
Aching, aching, let those exhaust their stream,
That melting, melting, that day gazed on him
Explanation
The eyes that became tender and gazed intently on him, may they suffer so much as to dry up the fountain of their tears
Couplet 1178
Who loved me once, onloving now doth here remain;
Not seeing him, my eye no rest can gain
Explanation
He is indeed here who loved me with his lips but not with his heart but mine eyes suffer from not seeing him
Couplet 1179
When he comes not, all slumber flies; no sleep when he is there;
Thus every way my eyes have troubles hard to bear
Explanation
When he is away they do not sleep; when he is present they do not sleep; in either case, mine eyes endure unbearable agony
Couplet 1180
It is not hard for all the town the knowledge to obtain,
When eyes, as mine, like beaten tambours, make the mystery plain
Explanation
It is not difficult for the people of this place to understand the secret of those whose eyes, like mine, are as it were beaten drums
