1. She visited me unexpectedly when the guards were unwatchful,
Bringing me greetings in the dark night,

2. As if the full moon when it saw her was eclipsed,
And happiness appeared on your gloomy face.

3. How did you dare to come to our abodes,
Despite the terrors and without fearing the sentries?

4. She said, "Ardent longing for you
Impelled us to you, though the night was cold."

5. How many sighs do I spend the night uttering
And tears of passion flowing down for you!

6. While you are heedless of us and we have
A tender love for you gripping the soul.

7. I wondered at my humiliation and your
Heart, harsh to us, and your coarse nature.

8. Do not feel secure from love and its power,
And beware of its treachery, so be on your guard.

9. And reward your lovers with union, but do not
Be overbearing, and for kindness, seek.

10. So I said, "I am devoted to you
And will never cease to be yours while I live.

11. Do not disown me, for I am a man
Who built his glory - Rabi'ah of the horsemen."

12. I am silent about the absence of a friend and the
Scent of his remnants, for I am no mute man.

13. I borrow praise and thanks through
Generosity, and do not borrow blame.

14. The brother of sincerity feels safe from my
Treachery, and I know only loyalty from intimacy.

15. So we did not cease to enjoy the delights of our night
Frolicking as on a wedding night.

16. Then she sang in a voice whose sweetness
I savored from the suggestion of two measures of spirit.

17. I had been beholding and listening to her,
Oblivious to any raid but that of Bahrah the horseless.