1. Arise, make them regret, in the early dawn
And gain from them your ransom as a reward

2. A daughter of nobility, a chaste maiden, time
Has left no excuse for a complainant forever

3. Her perfection in minds informs truly
That she is Kisra's treasure

4. Her water-carriers dressed her after
The laundress had washed her yellow wraps

5. We have not seen before her as she was in the meadow
In the hands of the water-carriers, water and embers

6. I said when the passionate one sought her
Is he pure in body, stature and waist?

7. What secret is seen and what wonder
In the pairing of the radiant sun and the full moon?

8. O boon companion, rain has watered the flowers
Of the meadows to saturation, till they sway drunk

9. So take me to the tavern that is inhabited
In the places of life for ages

10. And give me to drink from it, for if I die drunk
Then dig for me a grave in the side of the lowland

11. Especially if the wounds of a cheek are seen
Every departed's wounds are not cured

12. Like darkness a wrap, and like a rose a cheek
And like dawn a blush, and like the full moon a throat