1. My beloved, make your house crooked and we will make it straight
And pitch a tent by it and we will make it square

2. The settled folk have been made strangers by it
With the eye of the ostrich and the steps of an ostrich fleet

3. He drives them out into the shaded gardens
The pace of the avenger, a riding company swift

4. So neither said a few words of condolence
Your question a difficult unanswerable territory

5. I saw lovers who shortened their stay
And your time refuses all but to follow

6. For Leyla your heart in solitude
Or in a sitting or if you heard a tale

7. You yearn whenever she is mentioned
With the yearning of the gentle-natured who sought contention

8. So I said yes, go indirectly for an hour
And restrain blame so be gentle and obedient

9. For one with sorrow that afflicts him
A passion that treats him with pretended remedy

10. So I remained weeping while they were happy
For that, through it, with it, what they were capable of

11. With tufts of matted hair on dusty soil
From herbs, its pods and worms

12. And a sitting of five in which we confided
When they wanted to meet they sent a silent messenger

13. To me that come to us but beware
And guard yourself from our people and their abuse

14. Enemies to us through time unwavering
If they sensed, with a glance or listening, injury

15. So I walked with the gait of a wounded beast
Saw me in childbirth so she took flight far

16. Upon me a cloak I wrapped myself
In my custom, fearing it would be broadcast

17. By my walk that I am a complainer, whiner
So when I reached I removed the mask

18. Tresses like the trailing branches in which eyes delight
Feed at night, their teeth gleam as they smile

19. When they traveled or went into hiding
I saw from their glow rays rise

20. As through the clouds the sun of day appears to rise