1. When his eyes court you
Arrows of a charming glance, may God protect you

2. In the clarity of his cheek and his conversation
Is the water of love and its pasture, for beauty

3. A gazelle of the sand, sweet is his crime
And a bough of An, mighty is its refuge

4. Of the maidens of Heaven in his charms
But the fire of passion is its abode

5. I made it reside in my love, and oh my shame
I did not honor its dwelling

6. If the tormentors found him, they would not torment
Leave it be, do not even meet him in a dream

7. I prefer the fire of estrangement in spite
Of a coldness which I used to kiss and delight in

8. May God not remove his apparition from me, nor
Lessen above my eyes his course