1. The beloved is near, yet distance keeps us apart
My family promised him to me, and his to him

2. I endured deprivation for his sake, and strayed from propriety
Passionately loving him, though the watcher reproved me for it

3. I wanted to enjoy the fullness of youth with him
If not for the trysts of the gazelle and his gazing upon me

4. I clung passionately to the love of him
And was drawn further by his rope

5. My occupation became humbling myself on his path
While he kept his distance and acted coyly

6. All people know my state with him and my affliction
And the one preoccupied with the world showed him harshness and contempt

7. Humbled before my love though he be
In love he is not satisfied unless I kill myself for him

8. Where can the cure for his malady be found
A woeful lover who has lost his mind?

9. Out of passion for him, constantly pining
I forgot all propriety and changed my ways

10. While the birds of my love-crazed heart
Were wounded by his arrows from all sides

11. To him I complain of him, and to the dust I complain of him
For his horses have raided the desert of my heart

12. Oh God, how immense is the pain of his crime
Decreed by Destiny, and the hope of attaining him unreachable

13. Time has judged the generous one by making him
Fold his wings, unable see even his shadow

14. And the intention of the people was fulfilled on the morrow
Due to their ignorance, they reached their aim

15. Excuse this inauspicious time, for it
Always leads the despicable to beat their drums

16. And take refuge, my brother, when challenges arise
Pull back the discourse, withdrawing its tail

17. By the vast, exalted status of Muhammed, Master of Creation
Who flooded the cosmos with his overflowing virtue

18. Teacher of the honored prophets, and Master of the
Greatest messengers, most lofty in stature

19. He is the savior when an unjust one transgresses
Your justice suffices to restrain him

20. A branch from the eternal light, origin of all
That exists, his lineage singularly pure

21. May Allah shower him with blessings for all
Time, and honor his family and followers