1. A message, alas for it, alas
It brought tears to my eyes with its yearning

2. Ghadah's sweetness pained me with her distance
It would not have harmed if I was with her

3. Her teeth hurt her, if only
I could complain of what caused her pain

4. Those are her lips that were adorned
With two dimples, one of them broken

5. Traces of her on my lips have not ceased
Oh, the one who is ignorant of their meaning is lost

6. I took from her a cold chain
That met my fires and extinguished them

7. On a night whose hours I did not know
It lost its length and brevity

8. Until the dawn overflowed with its lights
Covering the stars of the night

9. And the birds returned their chirping
Mournfully, making me and her weep

10. So I said: O birds, why so hastily
Did you rise to spoil the pleasures?

11. And I said: O birds, when will we meet?
O birds, will I live to see her again?

12. Then we embraced and by God
My eyes and her eyes shed tears

13. I kissed her mouth with a kiss
That was the most virtuous and sweetest of them

14. And she kissed me likewise with a kiss
Whose scent I still breathe in

15. That is the provision at the time of parting
A lover may perish without it

16. My love, return to the hillside
For my heart has become hostage to your singing

17. My wish, return and let us have a night
My heart still longs for it

18. I tasted the sweetest love with you
So how can I forget you and forget it?