1. A disease in your heart that will not be cured
And a slain love that will not be revived

2. O you, the last of lovers, did you not see
The first of them being rejected

3. The enamored spends his life in grief
Even if they returned, they would repeat

4. They captured souls, so do we have
Anything after them that can be regained

5. The sins of the beloveds, their sea
In which the heart kneels down and prays

6. I have never left the does of tenderness
Like the she-camels of Mecca that cannot be herded

7. Awake, my ropes slip away
From them, and slumber seizes them

8. With separation my anguish is ignited
And with its goblet the kindler is illuminated

9. No tears could extinguish it
As the auctioneer's voice was torn

10. Do not deny my wound, for the
Whip has eloquent and mourning tongues

11. A hope while you are aloof
From one veiled with bashfulness

12. And the loved one has descended, her
Tent gloomy, and the pillars rattled

13. The roses from the flowers of cheeks
Are like its veils, the withered buds

14. If they allow a stance, the horses
And steeds have refused

15. They slandered moons upon
Which the piled corpses are envied

16. And for their sake the foolish
Envied the veil of my heart and its darkness

17. So he says which of my two states
Is more intense - estrangement or remoteness?

18. The dwellings forgive if you become
Distant from them, and the lands become desolate

19. And the loved one is more deserving of decay
Out of longing, even if the inanimate decays

20. It did no harm to them, and beauty
Does not last if they are ungrateful and stingy

21. Does it seem forbidden that
A generous beloved appears among people?

22. The keys of love are a game
And its first is chase

23. Or have you not seen a youth of Quraysh
And he is accustomed to gatherings

24. He has refined meanings and advantageous
Speech adorned as if bejeweled

25. And originality of opinion with magic
Embroidered, cannot be matched

26. And witty words coupled with
Seven strong and sharp swords

27. Like unbreakable lances
Whose validity cannot be denied

28. As if he is resolute, and the warriors
Encircling his reason are assistance

29. How did he enjoy the flower of youth
And love is his leader after imagining, jest, and grief that tamed him

30. Graceful, neither rigid in sympathy
Nor coarse in head and appearance

31. He is so-and-so, son of so-and-so, not
Sulayma or Sa`dah

32. He is satisfied with an apparition that
Our conversation and pillows promised

33. And the knot of his devotion is undone
With something that the censors have twisted

34. O Mus`ab, its misfortunes pulled him
With twisted ropes of calamities

35. And moments targeted him two by two
Or one by one

36. And supple mounts convinced him
With their dunes, excellent resting places

37. The slashes of swords witness that his saliva
Is testimony, even if the smooth surface blistered

38. And the mature opinion sometimes erred
And the intended goal was lost

39. I have always had holy war in the way of love before you
Until that distress ended and the goal of fire became ashes

40. And if you see the universe, then know
That corruption will ensue

41. And wonder about people in times
Who ruled with foolishness, how they prevailed

42. They have no profound words that
Excite, nor chaste ones that benefit

43. I seek forgiveness from Allah, the Most High
The critics have become like beasts