1. She passed by dressed in an atlas robe
Graceful, playing with a sleepy gazelle

2. Twisting hearts with her charm when she smiles
And capturing souls with a narcissus glance

3. Pardoned for tipsiness when seen
The sultan of maids bows to her palace

4. Her eyelash arrows wounding hearts
Her mouth's healing soothes longing

5. Her beauty etched in every detail
Veiled in a sacred, noble beauty

6. Her charm gathers beauty's every dot
Her figure outlines text of splendor

7. I hoped for her kind affections
As dawn slipped between two breaths

8. And morning stretched the night's skirt
Its sail spreading a silken veil

9. The heavens and earth as one
Praise Allah, from chanter to consecrated

10. I came to her beauty's court
Cast down, wounded at its touch

11. Remembering my passion and yearning
The cry of a heart wrapped in her sorrows

12. I swayed, lost, and she bent
Surprised, with a frown she glanced

13. I suffered from my burning pain
She spoke teasing, tempting

14. I groveled in garments of pleading
And pressed my face to the earth

15. Seeing me thus enamored
She softened and called me her companion

16. I stretched out a begging palm for her affection
My heart unsure whether to believe

17. She lifted the veil of estrangement between us
And brought joy back to my sorrowful heart

18. She placed the cheek of apology to the ground
And began recalling a forgotten love

19. Saying my desire was but a wish
For a wish is the capital of bankrupt hopes