1. The eyes of the doe, what is their magic to me
And in my heart there is no room for indifference

2. Gently with a loving, yearning heart
And kindly to these tired, bruised eyelids

3. Stop and supply us, O mother of attainment
For many others have stopped to be supplied

4. In infatuation I suffer, no comfort for a lover
Whose secret is not aided, though not unavailing

5. The shining white faces, dark-eyed houri
Their eyelids never darkened with kohl

6. Perhaps a hope missed today in fulfillment
Will be grasped tomorrow by a change of fortune

7. I have suffered from the slaps of one whose body
Is slender at the waist, delicate and pliant

8. Will the palm of passion reap the fruits of desire
With a branch of the wild plum, bending under its yield?

9. I surrendered to the sultan of love after aloofness
And before him I never bowed to humiliation

10. And he claims peace between us is obvious
So why is the sword of glances still sheathed?

11. Observe a bright brow under a headcloth -
You'd think dawn rising through the blackest night

12. My heart slipped away between his light and darkness
So for his sake I stray and find the right path

13. I pause to offer him cups of my reproach
When day breaks from my tipsiness and confusion

14. And I bend toward him a branch, barely holding
The fullness of my eyes, heart, and hands

15. A waist as delicate as my patience, its belt
You may loosen whenever you wish, or tie fast

16. The delirium of youth bent to my shoulder
His supple form and prominent, graceful cheekbone

17. Whatever you wish of joy or sorrow redoubled
A melody of bliss, or muted lament

18. I have not seen passion waste its sanction
As blood shed intentionally from eyelids

19. Nor have I seen Time, whose deeds I lament to it
Then it transgresses and takes no heed

20. When its affairs go wrong, its rule ends
And here is my hand - events cannot be guided

21. Its nights are enemies of virtue and probity
Storming destructively over all that is devout

22. It would be misguided if it softened after disunity
To reconcile souls or bend after stubbornness

23. Unless it persists in estrangement after I sent
Raging reconciliation and outstretched hands

24. Becoming more ferocious than mountain rams
In the belly of a valley or on a rugged cliff side

25. I sought refuge in the shade of the just king from its tyranny
So Ali attained what he desired through Mohammed