1. Is it one of the family of Salma, the night visitor continuously turning about,
That has come to me, while between me and Salma lie a howdah and mosquito net?

2. I all but died of yearning when her phantom came to me;
I rave and my secret love appears.

3. One day at Dhatu Bayshin I lingered, yearning
For your eyes – hosts of tears pouring from them.

4. One of the she-dogs of Banu ‘Amir was granted to us
And a time far off may be fore-ordained and brought nigh.

5. In a land far removed from which the friend withdrew from me
I have a dwelling, remote from the quarters of the living, intimate ones.

6. She fled not from any want that befell her,
But fled for fear of crime.

7. She stayed at a howdah, in pleasant shade,
With her a protector, fearing sins, who wrongs.

8. A stranger, far removed from his land and his skies,
That he might live, and length of life is a thing beloved.