1. What beauty has descended upon the skilled riders' backs
And what light has been concealed

2. A moon never rose for my eyes in darkness
Except the morning was eclipsed by it and eclipsed

3. My heart severed its passion for her for a time
And spent its prime with youth because of her

4. Times have passed in the chill of bliss
After which my ribs felt warmth

5. She was but a lightning flash glimpsed
Or an apparition that visited at dawn and left

6. Flashes that set my heart aflutter
And full moons that filled my dark night with secrets

7. Her light kindled fire in my heart
And my eyelids flowed with copious tears

8. Oh how difficult this distance has become, it's too much
I ask Allah for patience and contentment

9. O breeze that blows from the nearest of times
Talk to me about their news

10. How is Granada and who has settled there
Blessed are those who inhabit those lands

11. How are the beloveds of my passion, the delight of my soul
The light of my eye, the shining moons

12. Do they long for my return
Or have they settled there and rested

13. And the Knower of secrets, I have not broken a pact
About their love nor have I counted the nights

14. Who is my messenger to the beloved of my heart
My goal wherever he settled and resided

15. To convey greetings from a lover
Whose diffusion of it compromises discretion and propriety

16. And to return the greeting perfumed
With the fragrance of commendable custom and scent