1. I knocked after a deep sleep, a worried and jealous mother who fears
Then I opened the seal of reproach and said

2. If you were a lover who died of love
Like those who died from the tribes of Udhra, every

3. One whose love was sincere, so he was slain
Love killed Qais of Bani Amir, and made ill all creation

4. And challenged much, and Jamil
And he met from it every slain one

5. I said, I have witnesses to your love
Tears that flow, not ceasing

6. And ask my ribs about sighs
That meet from their heat, and slain

7. You have wasted most of my heart with separation
So guard my chastity with union, what remains