1. He gave me the bitter cup with a sweet smile,
And left me perplexed, my resolutions dissolved.

2. He fought me with rejection - and rejection kills me!
Oh, if only he had been peaceful with me.

3. Since I obeyed love through him while still a youth,
I disobeyed my own wisdom for his love and reproaches.

4. And the spies knew, back then, that I
Was tested and tested by passionate love for Jasim.

5. I enjoyed days of union that have now crumbled away,
While we remain in a gentle life of lowered standards.

6. My drinking companion pours the wine for me and mixes its pureness -
On a cup of drinking and friendship.

7. Sweeter than fresh water for the drinker,
And gentler in creation than the blowing of breezes.

8. What his company made sweet in life has passed -
Was that life just the dreams of one sleeping?

9. I remembered the switch of a myrtle whose stature it matched -
So I carved on it, over the moan of doves.

10. And I would not, were it not for obedience to love's passion,
Blame the lovers for what does not conform.