1. The beautiful maidens are the key to attaining desires,
And love is the noblest path,

2. To reach the highest stations.
And to obtain every wish-

3. Those who have not tasted the sweetness of affection's wine,
Remain veiled from the beauty of the lovely gazelles.

4. We who have drank the pure wine of passion-
Are enraptured by the scene wherein we became intoxicated,

5. While the beloved of love was absent,
And the star of the universe was setting.

6. Salma and Labana say in words alluding to meaning-
Our eyes have become accustomed to beauty,

7. Adorned but with an eyebrow.
From it we saw wonders,

8. So roam with it and then sing,
And narrate to the youth about me.

9. The path of love has made me an artist,
My mind has been lost through it,

10. And the heart's duty has been neglected.
Gifts are only from the one who drew near and humbled himself

11. To his Master, prayers be upon him,
And the best of pure lineages,

12. And the companions, people of virtues.