1. A drink for the one whose love has inflamed my liver
And replaced my sweet sleep with insomnia

2. My heart spent the night clasped in her hands as she desired
As if it were a coin in the hand of an appraiser

3. And she burdened me with an unrestrained love that
Shattered the judgments of patience and composure

4. My tears helped me until their flood poured out
I turned to my composure for help but found none

5. I refused yet yearning to meet overpowered me
Until I raved finding no one to turn to

6. For a time she watched to test my passion
Framed by my mouth or igniting my inner flames

7. And she hesitated after passion was evident to see
Whether I was moderate or immoderate

8. And she didn't know that my love was enduring over time
Neither decreasing or increasing with events

9. Passion has taken a place that will only leave my heart
With my faith and beliefs

10. Lamiya, If my soul obeyed my power
And you sought it with passion, I would find it

11. Not once did your memory pass through my heart splitting it
Except I bent over it, clasping it with my hands

12. And never did I see you awake and living
Except I was confounded, unable to begin or repeat

13. And never did I mention passion except I shook for it
Yearning for you with the shivering of one with malaria

14. As if your memory were electric wires
That touch the heart making it tremble weakly