1. Our ship is filled with date palms
The moon circles her face

2. Her banners wave above us
A sail that brings us back from a journey

3. Whispering softly, the wind
Upon it, the glory of prohibition and danger

4. It makes us sit like a toy for it
Sweat scattered like pearls

5. She ties her loincloth to a rock
And hasn’t stuck a hair to hair

6. She gives me a drink to quench my thirst
And I drink from a respected cup

7. She feeds me from the kebab’s skewer
And impresses me with a wondrous tale

8.
I kept her love gratefully

9. And she keeps my love, mistress of grace
Free, but no good in the company

10. Of those whose company is misery
I hurried to their love ignorantly

11. And I have no excuse for my ignorance
I left them with a laugh made genuine

12. And a clatter like dice
The whinnying of horses under the evening

13. Competing angrily and bickering
I feared the morning behind the darkness

14. Scheming against the daughters of fate
Alone, even if I were among friends