1. O my love, grace me with a kiss
That would quench my burning thirst and sweeten my bitterness

2. And grant me the gift of your acceptance
Which you could easily bestow if you so wished

3. Without you, I would not have woken up
Having taken this passion as my faith and inspiration

4. And I would not have borne from you
That which no one else could withstand

5. Who allowed you, my master
To take lives, who made it lawful?

6. By God, pity me for my agony of love for you, by God
By the honor of the sea captain

7. Above all people, his justness is revered
A yearning lover who forgot his vows

8. And whose connection was severed
How could it harm you if you gained

9. Some acceptance and kindness?
Yet my patience in my love for you

10. Lessens when you are away
And the smitten one remained as such

11. Until he became a parable among lovers
Far be it from you, after such glory

12. To be content with debasing your servant
Reconcile with the companion of the smitten eyelid

13. And dedicated heart
You took some of my heart desiring it

14. Yet you took all of it
By God, how difficult is your cruelty

15. And the severe tribulations, but how sweet it is
I contended with those who blamed you

16. When the evidence was clear
And I knew the fault was in

17. That sweet-tongued blamer - he was misguided
You have a mouth that if likened

18. Would be like the hand of Ibn Muqlah
And the posture of a slender palm tree that would

19. Lose its mind if the morning breeze blew in the orchard
It scattered the collected pearls

20. And you gathered them with branches
I consulted the sultan of passion about my story

21. Yet I was denied his justice
A king whose stirrups are kissed

22. By the thoroughbred when honored
Became Solomon of the time

23. And the rest of creation his ants