1. I do not lie to you, I am but a man,
Whose sins are many, evil is my clan,

2. Love is not thirst that gets satisfied,
It is my soulmate, not just a friend.

3. And yet I have seen what I'm most vexed by,
I wish that I were blind and could not spy,

4. Or that I were a stone, for rocks are calmer,
Than I, though man is higher than a stone.

5. Nothing pleases him, he is ever glum,
Once gone from him, all becomes tiresome.

6. And yet I've gained what I did spy upon,
So I'm thankful for the vision I have won.

7. My lips are sealed, my lady, but my eyes
And brow do speak of mysteries inside.

8. So witness my fierce, red, merciless stares,
That leave nothing behind and nothing spares.

9. We both know what clothes and belts may hide,
Like embers we glow with passion inside.

10. Why pretend, why force yourself in vain,
To hide what you know you can't contain?

11. The hypocrite lies, but I've no patience,
For such a waist as yours in constrictions.

12. And foolish is he who is satisfied,
By your honeyed words and dark eyelids.

13. Your youth melts all his piousness away,
Leaving lust and nothing grave or staid.

14. The spirit rises when you bless its hour,
Though all the world is weak and overpowered.

15. How precious your embrace which I have won,
While events make others come undone.

16. A dream of pleasures that I miss throughout,
And without which I'm destitute and downed.

17. In you is magic which I can't define,
Or safely hope for or securely pine.

18. Your hand holds my forelock, mine your waist,
Victorious or routed in this haste.

19. If I should win, the cushions and rug fine
Are best for bards stretched out in recline.

20. If I am beaten, my victor is an angel,
I'll pardon him, though he leave me mangled.

21. I grabbed her "breast" fearing it would shake free,
Like a great orb slipping down from a tree.

22. In private, images of bliss I sustain,
As moans escape her, ecstasies we gain.

23. She says, though I command her as I please,
And she complies, fulfilling all with ease:

24. "You've tried to craft verses as you desire,
Choosing what you fancy, like plucking a lyre."

25. "My 'basin' came to you filled up with 'wine',
Whose fragrance perfumed like jasmines fine."

26. "And I came to you with no thirst at all,
For that rose and heart alike were full."

27. "And if I speak the truth, then it's a body
Where all the sweetest pleasures can be discovered."

28. "O flower plucked in full bloom like the tender,
Fragmenting blossoms and aromatic splendor."

29. "Excellent is the fate that brought us together,
And sublime is the judgment of fate in this endeavor."

30. "No part of you I'd single out or favor,
For you are desire incarnate, nothing could savor."

31. "You preach philosophy's lessons too long,
Though with you, wisdom is brief and strong."

32. "Your ways haven't reached people far and wide,
Nor blazed a trail others have espied."

33. "It pains me that your cheek should suffer
The scrape of a cheek that's rough with fur."

34. "That your fine brow, joyfulness emitting,
Should be touched by one, gloom transmitting."

35. "This soft silk pricked by coarse wool,
Is such hurtful injustice, cruel."

36. "My eyes sacrifice for your feet, my lady,
While your eyes are worn by many a sleepless night."

37. "I cannot just take the spirit, no excuse,
To you, how can I apologise or recuse?"

38. "A heart where sorrows collected and cached,
I unburdened, and it was replenished."

39. "Strait is the way, no room for delight,
While this day spreads its wings in flight."

40. "Had you not blessed it with the breadth
Of your chest, it would have cracked at length."

41. "My time is sorcery, for with you each night,
Becomes charm, and darkness becomes light."

42. "I see the long nights, and find in their hours,
Resemblance, for like palaces they tower."