1. With arms bare he tore his shirt
The lion crouched humbly before him

2. With a heavy hip and slender waist
Below a round belly tucked in his shirt

3. Indeed I'm keen on loving one
Who spends his days bent on killing me

4. So I'm always in distress from his estrangement
Wandering lost or caged in distress

5. He says to the lover when he came
In his confusion, is there any way out?

6. So I said, O people, look at Joseph
The honest one when his shirt was taken off him

7. How many roaring lions
In their dens shook with terror

8. And the awe of the beloved
His lover sacrifices himself for it alone as a shirt

9. His gray saliva mixed
With cold water is the essence