1. My beloved got angry when
I hinted about the relative

2. And he says you exposed me
And spread false words

3. Gently, my love, though I complained
Of the miseries of the wretched heart

4. I did not tell of love, O Layla
Nor was I blameworthy

5. And I concealed desire in my chest
And the melting longing

6. And I held back the tears
And was cautious of the watcher

7. Wary of the tale-telling slanderers
And evil of close kin

8. Why do I see my defiant tear
More tender than a stranger's tear

9. Why did I weaken and my steadfast heart on troubles abandoned me
Perplexed like one ill-fated, the heart ever lamenting

10. So emaciation appeared and long has emaciation revealed hearts
Emaciation exposed my secret. Was my illness from my sins?

11. I complain to you of burning passions
In the chest, a flaming blaze

12. My longing for you for sweet
Conversation and fertile thought

13. Is like the thirsty one's longing
For cool delicious water

14. O you who blame me, suffice me He
Who ordained the injustice of the beloved

15. Thoughts of him never left my heart
In slumber or in storms

16. And imagination consoles me
With his sweet, venerable image