1. My beloved came to me wearing anklets
Wandering in the midday sun through the moles

2. She grazes on the branches, swaying
Going and coming in the coolness of seclusion

3. She has a sweet logic, filled with Babylon's magic
Whispering forelocks, more resolute than determination

4. Cloaked in your finest compositions and wonders
Veiled from any clever one lacking intimacy

5. And the grace dressed her in all beauty
Warding off any brave one from seeing her, like seclusion

6. Neither did Dawood weave like the weaving of spiders
Nor the lovely gazelle boast with anklets

7. Her only flaw was being a stranger in the world
Thus she found no sister or intimates for her

8. She came to me from afar, her resolve undeterred
By fears, whether of power or of seclusion

9. You trespassed, sparrow, in the darkness of night
Thus how many rivers of horses and solitude did you cross?

10. She came and I ransomed my soul heedlessly
Saying to her, welcome - this is our time of intimacy

11. I offered her my cheek, saying to her, nestle
Do not think my cheek would hurt you in any way

12. And as we exchanged sweet nothings
And the sweetest meeting of vinegar and an empty house

13. You left, warning me against what you know I deserve
Though my love today is firmer than determination

14. I confided to her my passion and what lies
Between my ribs - of distance, longing and tears like seclusion

15. I told her of my torment, my burning
And passing the nights in contemplation like solitude

16. My thoughts for them are melting my sadness
And I have none but them, no friend or intimacy

17. And were it not for hopes, I would have melted from grief
Saying, alas - that came from determination

18. I comfort my soul with hopes, desiring
The forgiveness of a time that narrowed then widened like seclusion