1. She began to strut in the gown of bliss
As the rod sways with the breeze

2. And the dawn of her beauty shone then fled
The defeated night in a routed army

3. And the palms of dawn unsheathed blades
That ripped the raiment of the brute night

4. And ignited with the sun’s rays, a fire
Whose flames melted the cool of stars

5. A girl like the crescent, if she appears
She shows us the full moon in dire straits

6. And I loved the crescent folk through her
Since my passion turned to Tamim’s sons

7. With a waist like her lover’s, slender
And a glance like her tryst’s, sick

8. And a form, if a breeze would pass it
The passing breeze would nearly undo it

9. O she of allurement, gently, please
Regard the pact of old, esteem it

10. He reasons from your union with wishes
And contents himself with your meadow’s chaff

11. I looked at you, you captured my heart
And wretchedness befell me from the bliss

12. My eyes enjoy your cheeks in heavens
While my heart burns from your scorn in hell

13. I see my lids’ sickness, and my heart’s certainty
And it taught me to endure sorrows

14. May love show mercy to the guiltless
And care for the ill from the healthy