1. Time allowed a friendly beloved
We were blessed with new companionship

2. A night brought us together, which to me
Was a night illuminated by the full moon's glory

3. Candles were lit, lamps ignited in it
The light of smile's beauty appeared

4. The difference between fire and light became
Clear and evident to a wise mind

5. That fire ends in extinction
While my beloved's light forever grows

6. Two unjust ones came between me and him
We had to make do with seeing from afar

7. I pondered how to get closer, as if
An experienced alchemist in India

8. When the two obstacles left and we
Became intimate again in lasting union

9. I witness the intimacy of a gentle gazelle
And see death in the frowns of the gloomy

10. I observe the full moon facing me
And speak to it secure from rejection

11. Words then fell from the pearl
That if embodied would be necklaces

12. And magic lay in eyes that have slain
Many meanings and left them martyred