1. My reproach refrains from your missteps, that is right,
And my silence in answering back is an answer.

2. Not every sin deserves forgiveness when committed,
Indeed, many a sin allows no repenting.

3. Do I send messages to you daily,
And at every dune, stop and reproach you?

4. I entertain my soul with roses despite thirst,
And tempt it with mirages though they are unreal.

5.
Do you equate others with me in your love?

6. Not all horses’ pedigrees are purebred.
If the black roses upset me, I’d reject them,

7. So how could I accept them soiled by dogs?

8. It is no fault of mine, though you blame me;
The fault is yours, you stand accused.

9. God forbade that I accept your ugliness,
So my patience with this agony is agony.

10. If intimacy wanes for no reason,
I’d leave those once intimate.

11. My passion for you was when you were chaste,
Keeping me safe as scabbards guard swords.

12. Your status among people is inviolable,
Honor your robe, shyness your veil.

13. Nothing lies between us but reverence,
Nothing shields us but chastity.

14. How could you now live negligently,
With every suitor free to seek you?

15. So do not let me in ignorance aspire,
For not all who call are answered.