1. My inclination to love denies departure from it
And is inscribed inside me, though I inscribe in others

2. And if a breeze stirs others to blame,
I stand tall against the whims of critics

3. My passion for it is old, yet in its newness
I find youth, and the elders seem to me like boys

4. And my thoughts in separation are visions before my eyes
Of the morn of joy, piercing the night's gloom

5. And from my breath's spirit, remembering my beloved
I blow life into the souls of all lovers

6. For I know the revelation of love
And grasp the secret meaning of love

7. To the sunrise of beauty's sun after its setting
Through my eyes in my eyes, the inscriber healed

8. And with copying, not smearing, his fervor departed
It went, released from the anguish of sorrow

9. And I have a barzakh between two seas of my youth
With barzakhs for lovers below and above

10. I have a banner wherein is a secret knowledge
Towering over reason upon the intellect

11. No diversion can deter a passionate lover
Pursuing the law of youth unswerving

12. My saying has a blade in it, blade against
The corpses of my foes and hot iron for madmen

13. The gaze's rest with nearness is to me
Upon the hearts of jealous rivals, a heated brand