1. I used to complain of the love of my soul and reveal it
To Sa'id the son of Uthman in explicitness

2. Until when he turned away from me, it slipped away
I remained complaining of the love of my heart to the wind

3. O Lord, if this remains with me like this forever
Then take my soul to Your mercy, O my Creator

4. In Yathrib my soul resides with a neighbor
A fair Houri growing more beautiful each day

5. O her beauty when she walks in her finery
Like the rising full moon in the lamps

6. O people of Yathrib, what will you do about a man
Lovesick and sad, not granted his wishes

7. Greetings of peace from Iraq to your land
Though so far, we seem so close

8. Without my soul, there are locks to my love for you
And you are for me the keys that unlock