1. Speak not of love,
O you who are reproached for love,

2. Except with modesty and bashfulness.
O you who have no remedy for my malady,

3. I swear by the star in the cup,
In the hand of the cupbearer when it sets,

4. Your companion has not erred
In this from right conduct, nor strayed.

5. O you who blame me for her
Whom I enveloped in my heart, withdraw.

6. My heart turned not from her,
Nor to your words did it incline.

7. You opposed Abul-Qasim al-Qurashi,
So ask what he related,

8. When he stepped into love,
Though in love he transgressed.