1. If your heart is softened by my suffering,
From excessive torment and excessive longing,

2. And you find pleasure in union with a lover,
Then provide me with some of yourself before we part.

3. If you bid farewell with a kiss,
It will be a generous hand for separation.

4. I caution against separation for the sake of intimacy,
And I yearn for it for the sake of embrace.

5. God has made Ja'far
The guardian of religion and suppressor of hypocrisy.

6. Obedience to him is an obligation, and disobedience
Is among the greatest disbelief and highest conflict.

7. One whose advice does not flow sincerely from his heart,
Has no integrity in his religion.

8. So submit to us and our glory will submit to you,
And live on, for goodness is everlasting.

9. Indeed Damascus has become a paradise,
Green of meadow, fragrant of basil.

10. Its air is light and dewy,
Its water smooth flowing and sweet tasting.

11. Time is auspicious among its loyal ones,
And living there has delicate edges.

12. Yearning toward you,
For nearness to you and soon union.

13. And how could it not be preferred with passion
When its summer equals an Iraqi winter?