1. I obeyed the decree in ignorance
And many a camel was stabbed, O what a camel!

2. Staying sad over the ruins and plains
How much anguish is in sadness, in it and in the plains

3. Tears streamed from my eyes in waves
I looked upon their streaming, the tears of sadness

4. I walked among lonely, deserted encampments
But it was a preoccupation for a heart without preoccupation

5. Oh night whose perfection is in visiting her
And oh lifelong promise from her and waiting

6. In me are languid, lively eyes
How many they've killed alive and revived from killing

7. Her glances are nothing but sharp swords
Her signs are the polish in the faces

8. I swore to her, sincerely, by the soft eyes
Patience has run out, by the soft eyes

9. The weakness of delicate waists causes sorrow
The glory of beautiful faces causes humiliation

10. I reaped the fruits of beauty by glancing and sadness
So my eyes are in a garden and my heart in a place

11. And Mayya claimed to have consoled me
Oh my comfort, if only something on earth could console

12. She is the full moon I am spellbound by her light
So stumble in the night of youth and confusion

13. I wronged, is there a supporter in authority
Of beauty, who does not fear removal?

14. I live in shade and my heart beats restlessly
With the beating of chirping partridges at rest

15. She fears my blood though she's innocent of killing lovers
And she is not for slaying the enamored

16. I marveled at her flirtatious, intoxicated eyes
Drunken without wine, dissolving without kohl

17. The tears of a youth adorned her cheek
As pearls adorn the branch of the willow

18. When we meet, she hides her tears
Where are the tears of humiliation to tears of affection?

19. Hers aren't amorous glances combined
Against my skin, but arrows against targets

20. Would the unjust judge learn
From Al-Mansour the qualities of justice?