1. Obey desire, though censurers reprove,
And turn aside from eve's observing eyes.

2. Make merry and the flying moments seize,
For, look! Their course is rapid as the clouds'.

3. Behold the boughs how they are laden down
With suns in all their brilliant canopies!

4. In every nook lurks hidden from your sight
The adder of seductive qualities.

5. Her face shows opposites in each detail,
Her every feature thieving hearts of men.

6. A flame that burns yet does not scorch at all,
A sea of water that is never turbid.

7. These are the remnants of old Babylon,
Among the wonders they were famous for.

8. So, lion of mankind, beware her glances'
Murderous onslaught and the typhoon's roar!

9. Angered I am because of what occurred
Twixt me and him in way of enmity.

10. Cease now, for what excuse can serve the youth
Bewildered, when the old themselves mislead?