1. We have a firm foothold in the field of love,
And a ruling to comfort lovers established.

2. Even if my heart desired to form a pact for solace,
It would have from the master of passion an annulment.

3. And I have from the Turkish people a tall and slender beloved
With lineage among the house of Khagan prominent.

4. Gentle in speech though his heart is harsh,
He approaches with humility though his nose is haughty.

5. With a face whose beauty radiates from its features,
And a neck like a banana branch with ripening clusters.

6. His shoulders protect him from being attained with a glance
Of the braided black hair cascading down his back.

7. When the brother of passion looked upon him one day,
He was met with venom spewing from his breath.

8. Oh, the wonders of love! How much I harbor it
And conceal it, while ardently consumed by it!

9. This passion has possessed me, as if
Through its urges it cleaves towards my heart.

10. And I have been afflicted with that, if but a little of it
Afflicted another, it would leave him withered on the ground.

11. So in my innermost being there is a fire scorching my liver,
While from my eyelids pours water gushing down my cheek.