1. The flatterers deceived the lovely one
And the youths are seduced by praise

2. Does she forget my name when
Many names abound in her love?

3. If she sees me, she turns away as if
Nothing was between us

4. A glance, then a smile, then a greeting
Then talk, then a date, then a meeting

5. When we had no inhibitions in our love
And sought what we fancied

6. But we had a guardian of chastity
Who exhausted the passions

7. My stubborn self pulled at my clothes and said
"You poets are the people!"

8. "So fear God in the hearts of the maidens
For the hearts of maidens are air."

9. A glance, then a smile, then a greeting
Then talk, then a date, then a meeting

10. Then separation, which brings
Either cure or sickness