1. The sister of the gazelle, daughter of the sun
With sleepy eyes, killer of lovers with beauty

2. Gentle like a stick of incense, how many
She has killed with love, infatuated by her glance

3. Captivating to the mind, yet no loyalty to her
Effective like the arrows of fate and destiny

4. How often she promised union, yet was
Like passing rain clouds with plenty of rain

5. And how often she hinted at a meeting but did not
And the lover's passion was ruined by vigilance

6. If she promised, she delayed; if she threatened, she fulfilled
The threat and tied the noose of betrayal with news

7. She sways like a branch, but her swaying
Is to stab the heart, not to grant fruit

8. Like the full moon on the horizon, but in her splendor
She is veiled by her glories, hidden from sight

9. She lent the gazelle charm, and the dawn intrigue
And lightning, inclination, and the radiance of her cheek, intrigue

10. I embraced her at dusk as its armies spread
And the mind swam between safety and danger

11. I smelled gentle musk from her veil
And beneath it wafted the fragrance of amber

12. And I saw the figure of a crescent above her cheek
And tasted the sweetness of a scented mouth

13. This was before the heart's relief from the pain
Of separation by the union and tryst

14. The watcher came, so the symbol fell still and
The hands of gesture in illusion and thought were tied

15. The veil of modesty was extended when
The prayer rug of intimacy was rolled up and the clear line put away

16. I reproached her, so she gestured to repeat
And the good tidings of proximity shone, and the light of glad tidings

17. She kept the promise of the meeting at its
End for the reunion, and it was the night of travel