1. I say to a charmer whose charm long enthralled me
with his looks and his beauty entranced me

2. while the ignorant rejoiced in keeping him from me
a fool with no desire for intimacy

3. He taught him to shun and keep his distance
so he became an ignoramus in love destroyed

4. How many meetings did I hope for
but he would not allow my wishes conveyed

5. And he was extremely aloof and estranged when
my languishing glance's arrow struck me

6. He was lost in the beauty of a soft cheek
and a slender shape like no branch of narcissus

7. He unjustly deafened the ears of the infatuated one
with a figure as straight as a reed

8. Should I hope for a promise of union from you
when your religion is endless pouring rain ungathered

9. As for your love, how can I have patience from you
and how can there be patience from you or even procrastination

10. So shun, be estranged, and turn away But I will not complain
even if you make me drink the cup of humiliation

11. But do not tire for another's sake
for another cannot endure my passion

12. And I have no partner in my passion
and you, Rasha, have no equal in beauty

13. And I have nothing to relieve some of my sorrow
except tears the color of dark red rose

14. And you have tried me and seen in me
an intelligent lover who knows the meanings

15. Is there then a moment in the darkness of night
that makes happy the one its good fortune befriends?

16. Is there a glance in which my lover
dies of anger at the time of joy?

17. There I will not say my youth has passed
like vapor confused by beauty

18. And I will stop my heart for pleasure's sake
whether it obeys or disobeys me

19. So stop this aloofness now
for you are not safe from accidents

20. And here I have advised you, so take me
as a friend, and stop pursuing anyone who bears enmity

21. For no one endures passion like me
and all beauty, Myas, is fleeting