1. I grew sick in your absence, so return,
For no harm befalls one who is kind.

2. I loved a full moon openly,
And succeeded in loving it, thus I prospered.

3. I am a martyr in love for that moon,
When it glanced at me with its eyelids' sword.

4. Its glance, aloofness, and cheek
Are past, future, and present.

5. Had its promise of meeting been true,
My heart would not have been plagued with the impossible.

6. What my critic blamed me for is right,
It's true, and so is the truth of passionate love.

7. But I had no choice,
O reproacher, in loving an unchaste one.

8. I sacrifice myself for a gentle one who harbors slyness,
Whose heart is rough with aloofness.

9.
The rose of his cheek is so shameless

10. That the narcissus of the meadow is ashamed of it.
That youth claimed his saliva

11. Is like pure syrup, so he appropriated it.
His piercing glance is like steel,

12. And his composure puts spears to shame.
When he appears seeking revenge,

13. I call out, “O people, arm yourselves!”
He sways, walking alone,

14. His union being the height of desires.

15. He has filled the gardens of Paradise with joy,
And made my heart his dwelling.

16. I knock out my life span for him,
If I don't get to unite with him.

17. I wish he could be of use,
Or was of a generous nature.

18. I'd pass my day with him,
Embracing, kissing, and sipping wine.

19. He is peerless when he smiles,
Nothing passes through the mind or occurs to it.

20. I cannot abstain from him,
Forbidden by the one who blamed.

21. I am as they said of me about him:
I am content with nearness and gazing.

22. If this state persists, indeed I am happy.
O Saad, I have succeeded and triumphed!

23. My soul's gift to him is my path,
For passionate love's forgiveness is blessings.

24. O Lord, engulf him in gardens,
When he came to her house of union,

25. Then turned back, so she moaned
When he left fearing her husband,

26. And she sang to her mother and glorified:
While the melody was part of her preoccupation,

27. "O mother, the beloved I want,
If he visited, they wouldn't have bid him good morning."