1. O beautiful one, God has perfectly created your form
And graceful one, eyes have not seen the like of you

2. I am in need of you, so fulfill
My good expectations, for it is easy for you

3. Greet me with a kiss on my cheek
That will heal my loving heart

4. Do it whenever I see you, else
I will be content with a kiss from you each month

5. And make it customary with me, a hand and beauty
Especially if you allow without delay

6. And seize the opportunity, O salt, for I
Have become like you among people in love

7. Your affection has killed me completely
And the blankets of swords are the worst killings

8. And your face's light has guided me when
I lost my way in the dark valleys of feelings

9. So fear Allah regarding killing me and tell me
Is it lawful to kill the likes of me in any country?

10. My friends in love are suns while, in contrast,
My family and loved ones are people

11. And my heart, though it pretends patience
Is a lover who knows the place of passion

12. So take me as a slave, for I am the one
Truthful in love, and leave all people

13. I love you, O beautiful one, but
Allah knows it is not "mayhap"

14. I am pure in conscience, my soul disdains
Every trait in love that angers Allah

15. Ask the governors of passion about me and about my soul's purity
For that is my natural disposition

16. I do not accept humiliation in the doctrine of love
Nor do I seek union through humiliation

17. My doctrine is to love beauty, and wherever
An elegant gazelle appears, I love it right away

18. And if the celibates claim about my ways
I will establish the proofs upon my youth