1. If I visit Khursan as a captive,
How I surrounded it, changing,

2. And I saw fire raging,
Consuming homes and palaces,

3. And I saw captives led
Toward us, beautiful and fair,

4. We choose the most beautiful
And the loveliest gazelle,

5. If my night in your ruins is long,
I have enjoyed it brief,

6. And if I meet sorrow in you,
I have met joy in you,

7. And if I am struck by fate,
I will be patient with it,

8. Patience, perhaps God will
Open this an easy victory,

9. Who is like me does not spend the night
Except as captive or prince,

10. Our secrets cannot be revealed
Except to hearts or graves.