1. My passion grows each day incessantly
And my love comes unbidden constantly

2. O my friend, do not blame my love for him
What God decrees, none can countermand

3. If I love not the tender gazelles
What sets my heart apart from stone?

4. My only hope is to catch a glimpse
Of those dark lashes and eyes that gleam

5. Cheeks that blush a rosy red hue
And a flirt whose glance gives me no rest

6. Those who rebuke me, my only crime
Is a heart in love that keeps returning

7. O lovers, is there no cherished refuge
Where steadfast lovers may calmly repose?

8. I have no tricks or schemes in loving
On God alone I must rely

9. Between my eyes and fickle fortune
Strife, discord and conflict multiply

10. My darling's a graceful wild gazelle
No sooner it moves away than returns

11. If loving him has led me astray
Know that I accept corruption gladly

12. And if my reason counsels me
I refuse; I want none of its advice

13. I love him yet I do not name him
Exposing the secret would be going back

14. If my tongue starts to praise him
I only say my Salim, my Saad

15. He's my goal - I seek him not
Yet I'm like all who seek and pine

16. Such is my constant passion for him
Never waning or drawing to an end

17. How often I've wrested my heart from his love
Forcefully curbing myself but to no avail

18. O beloved, you are so coquettish and flirtatious
I know you wherever folks gather

19. I do not pretend coy in loving
Nor forget the days of camaraderie

20. In love I see no lifelong habits
Love does whatever it wants with my heart