1. They were unfair when they judged in love
They took their ease while my heart was enamored with them

2. I loved them in the prime of youth
While the night of parting was obscure and bleak

3. Until the springtime of youth came to an end
And stars shone in my gloomy night

4. They turned away and forgot the smoke of passion
Neither the slanderers nor the blamers invented this

5. So who do you think will keep the promise of love
If they break it and they are as they are

6. Love is like livelihoods among people
One is granted it while another is deprived

7. The slanderer strove to reach them but they
Did not ascertain the truth or inquire about it

8. A bored ear accepts whatever
The ugly gossip monger fabricates or claims

9. As for those who quenched my heart with love for them
A love which flowed from where the blood flows

10. I never broke a promise to them nor did my mouth
Utter what the slanderers circulated about me

11. If only they could see my heart they would accept everything
It reveals about them and whatever it conceals

12. Let that pass, the excuse of love is not heard
After separation so the remote places are dumb

13. The innocence of the afflicted one is hidden
While his obvious excuse remains ambiguous

14. If the specter sought him in the wilds
It would be said “This is the impenetrable refuge”

15. So be patient with the tyranny of love
Through it the oldest eras come to an end