1. Fate had vowed to its people, so it was never disloyal
That it would never give them long-lasting joy or sorrow

2. Fate keeps changing the conditions of people and whoever
Sees its fluctuations will find excuses for it

3. A sun that sets, and after it a moon rises
And sometimes we see neither sun nor moon

4. People are between a resident after a traveler
And a traveler who follows the traces of the one who remained

5. O you who left to where we don't know any news of you
Sacrifice yourself for us by leaving to where we know your news

6. You saddened the East when you were absent from it
Just as you brought company to the West wherever you were present

7. You are the beloved, the loving, the loyal, the trustworthy
The faithful one, who among the people of love has become rare

8. Your heart is soft water, except that in it
Is a covenant like an inscription that you entrusted to stone

9. The passage of nights increases your affection
Like a branch, day after day it grew and spread

10. And if I was inattentive due to my weakness, you would wake up
And if I forgot the covenants of passion, you would remind

11. Your precious message came, carried
By a ship of smoke like a cloud carrying rain

12. It quenched the thirst of my heart but I drowned in it
In an ocean of its surging waves that overflowed

13. It is the letter I called a seashell
In it is speech I called pearls

14. It acted out for me the intimacy of meeting you
From where it brought pleasure to hearing and seeing

15. O you honorable traveler, good omened is your journey
I see your affection not needing travel

16. Prolonged is the love letter of the lover even if
The letter he sends is short