1. Her charm captivates the ardent lover's heart
Whether generous with soul or wealth when put to test

2. With joyous spirit she entices glance and form
Such beauty in solemn air or lively jest

3. Amid dark tresses and brow's light she leads astray
So many misled, while in good time others are blessed

4. You who made union in love unlawful
Who proclaimed separation's lawfulness? For them my life I'd detest

5. I let flow a prisoner of tears from my eyes
Since the hearth of my being was set aflame

6. Gently with a lad whom you refused to visit
Down poured tears like rain from swollen eyes of shame

7. How separation's break disturbed life's calm
Melting, wounding the spirit in vital acclaim

8. Sleep shuns the eyes night and day
Patience by morn shuns the heart, life left lame

9. Living with separation cannot please a lover
Used to union with the beloved and open acclaim

10. None can save him but praising the one
In whom all hopes are placed without blame

11. He who excels over all lords and has
Date palms swaying gently in the glade

12. Say to the wolf and doe greetings from me
And the brook flows with water pure as I bade

13. The boulder though inanimate for his sandal
Has softened. How can a heart not melt and be swayed?

14. The pebbles in his rest extolled him plainly
The moon then returned after cleaving in two as he bade

15. May our Lord bless him eternally
The choicest salutations with his companions arrayed