1. The ailment of love - my covenant with you is a sojourn,
So why has my heart been unjustly laid bare for you?

2. You have learned to plunder hearts, so I sacrifice myself for you,
Though pillage was a sin to you before.

3. That languid one called you -
To slay me when an arrow was shot from his eyelash.

4. I marveled that killing us comes from his eyelash,
Other than his cheek - that bloodied one is undamaged.

5. I see the tear has bloodied my eye with its point,
So it's no wonder I'm covered in blood from head to toe.

6. I guaranteed him all people would be enthralled,
If the breeze stirred the down on his cheek.

7. Since Qays likened his face to the full moon,
I've been pierced with passion, avoiding his brilliant stars.

8. When I drew near him, hoping to embrace him one night,
I didn't forget to say, "What more do you want, after my soul?"

9. He said, "My body." I thought if you'd seen my humiliation and honor,
My friend, you would not oppress me unjustly.

10. How strange - it quenches thirst with its downpour,
While my heart toward it is parched.