1. On the ruins is drawn a house
For Zainab and Noor

2. If I go astray, guide me
It has the fragrance of meadowsweet

3. As if two houses were built
For it, the perfumer gave ambergris

4. O drawing, live on!
May its dust blow towards the train

5. Where are the beautiful faces that
Were like pearls?

6. We all became, after yearning
Prisoners in shackles

7. It took away the light of beauty
As it took away my patience

8. In the morning when I was with
Their elegant and skilled women

9. And in the braids a longing
That protects like a lion of the jungles

10. As if in her cheeks
Were the roses of Jalanar

11. They walked away but with my patience
And my solace and tranquility

12. And I remained but
With sorrow and grief

13. And my heart walked stealthily
With the caravans of the braceleted women

14. I glanced at her for a moment
And my heart prays with fire

15. If not for the watcher I would have
Forgotten myself in that departure

16. She gestured with her palm
And bid farewell with her bracelets

17. My night used to be bright
But the light of my day darkened

18. Will the days of short nights
Return to us?