1. I have said while worries were still
And my tears flowed on my cloak

2. "O children of Adam, let's call out
We are but slaves of women

3. He who blames me for women, I blame him
By God, I am fond of women

4. O maidens, tell me of my affairs
Can a lover be sold to whoever wants?

5. So let me graze in the garden of love
And stroll through its plants satisfied

6. Alas, this passion has conquered people
And made covenants over them

7. So if my passion has led me
David used to rave with passion as well

8. Yearning has healed me, O Sa'eed bin Uthman
For God's sake, favor me, O Sa'eed

9. Success, by God who ordains success,
Belongs to debts which went unpaid

10. When we meet, I lower my gaze
Not looking at her, though I have no grudges

11. Awe, from her majesty, like an infant's
Awe of a parent though grown

12. We are imprisoned by passion, and have accepted
Our chains and shackles

13. Passion rarely leaves a youth
Rather, I see it grow every day