1. By the gazelle whose covenant feet defied,
My heart was caught and with it fled.

2. All beauty you see of like ilk,
None but my beloved in beauty excels.

3. O you rare in beauty, hear my plea
For beauty's alms are for those who implore.

4. Said he, what do you wish? I said, a kiss
That would sew up the heart torn to shreds.

5. He said take it, let none else
Take from me what you have seized.

6. I sipped from his sweet lips
Lawful that draught and how sweet the taste!

7. Then dazed was I, they rushed to revive me,
Thinking some jinn had brought me low.

8. He said, stop! In him no madness lies,
My arrow it was that struck its mark.

9. When my glances assailed and laid him low
The shaft reached its destination true.

10. No incantations can cure love's ache
No talismans ward off love's strike.

11. Nay, love's cure is a swift embrace,
A clasp and union of delight.