1. The sword of affection and the spear of stature have wreaked havoc upon us
Yet they feared no calamity and realized no limit

2. Blessed is Allah - how many tears were shed
In sorrow, and how much blood of lovers was spilled

3. And which heart has harbored what was between the striking of lightning
And the stabbing of a slim spear one day, and did not perish?

4. O fragrant plant in the sandhill of Naqâ
Its night is a pouring rain and its teeth are sparkling

5. Jacob loves me with sorrow in you as
Joseph loved perfect beauty in you

6. The possession of the heart of the obsessed did not harm Mâlik
If one day it could equal what he possessed

7. Sickness left me no less than a specter
I wish it would mourn for the one it abandoned

8. I did not complain about what I suffer with it
Except to the one who abandoned me, so he was moved and cried

9. And if I cried before the one I was burdened with
Because of the passion I suffer with him, he laughed