1. I loved you purely out of passion
For you are the epitome of grace

2. Oh passion, why torment a lover
Whose tears reveal his hidden woe

3. I am at your service, O Abu Qasim
O you who embody refinement and grace

4. The passion for which I praised you as pure
My words fall short of your love

5. The tongue of passion speaks
And its witness is true

6. This passion has certainly slept
Upon you without mercy

7. If you were not a lover
Why would your heart throb?

8. And why did a perplexed mother
Appear, unable to speak?

9. A radiant sun has risen for us
Or is it the shining moon?