1. The breeze blew gently, igniting the embers of memory,
While the stars of Sirius flickered and the Pleiades set.

2. It came, laden with the cargo of news,
And the flowers smiled, blossoming.

3. With a gentle wafting that rekindles,
Thoughts of homelands and dwelling places.

4. The longing of a lovelorn one flames,
With memories of times past, and tears flowing.

5. By God, what passion you've stirred, oh breeze of youth!
And kindled a fire within my soul.

6. Can I blame it on desires other than her
That my soul traverses stages of life?

7. I find solace in you from the rebukes of reproachers
As the Najdi finds solace in the scent of clove.

8. When I speak, it is the memory of our days I voice,
And when silent, you remain imagined.

9. God resides in a heart whose fire
Splits between flowing tears and passion’s flame.

10. Thoughts flutter around it confused,
Like moths circling about a fire.

11. My longings grow with each day that passes
As numbers multiply when zeros abound.

12. If only my heart would fly whenever
The voice of my youth calls to it.

13. To prolong denial is an injustice - so why deny me
When you could settle my debt from your abundance?

14. You dwelled in my heart and neglected its rights
Though God commanded the protection of neighbors.

15. O questioner, ask one knowledgeable of love
About the realities of verses in their appropriate settings.

16. I am one who held my own reigns in life
And flowed freely with the winds of time.

17. I broke my abstinence and donned my submission,
Between a cup's rim and a goblet's excuse.

18. And I became accustomed to my fumbling ways
In the company of eyelids, so beware the trial of eyes!