1. I swear the talks of youth have shone a light,
Illuminating for us the days of joy.

2. Its gentle sign was hard to comprehend,
So my longing is for it to return when gone.

3. It told of the trysts of beautiful maidens,
And sought to describe the borders, with a wink.

4. Like thunder rumbling on a dark night,
Promising the dawn will bring the same, it does not fulfill.

5. The stars slept, so it slipped into the gloom
Like a sword sheathed, eyelids closed in sleep.

6. Sorrow has killed my patience, so in its agony,
My blood - did you not see me stay up awake all night?

7. Does she who resides in the homes of youth,
Know I have embers of love for her ignited?

8. I hated the beauty of patience when I fell for her,
So wonder at one who became a lover, yet full of hate.

9. To be distanced from her is ruin for me, alive or dead,
While to be united to her means eternity has been decreed.

10. And desire refused what I would have been, had it not been for my passion,
And your singing, if the wealthy had not been free spending.

11. Picking the pomegranates of her breasts, split open,
And kissing the apples of her cheeks, all rosy red.

12. And the glances that intensify their ravages,
While a mere glance can ravage, without being rabid.

13. The fluttering breeze is weakened in its fluttering,
Fearing in its weakness, that it will halt.

14. It shows you from the fire of shyness gilded,
What had been from the water of beauty polished.

15. She dropped her tresses and removed her veil,
So you saw from her beauty, black and white.

16. It is as if it shades you as it approaches,
Then when you trust in it, it humiliates you turned away.

17. My sickness and my health are in her hands, indeed,
Only the one who makes you sick can give you health when diseased.

18. My shoulders slump when my scarf falls down,
A lovely steed that refuses to stand up.

19. As if her hair is the ablution for her forehead,
A dark night followed by a morning bright.

20. Her glances leap towards hearts to mock them,
Like the swords of our religion mocking fate.