1. I used to see the passing of nights
Scattered on the brink of gathering

2. It did not occur to me that if I wished
I would be capable of abstaining

3. But when they came close for intimacy
And you hastened the intimacy in response

4. I felt as if it were an achievable matter
I attempt but cannot achieve

5. Until it was said, would it not be better
To tell the tale of events to the lions

6. May God reward well the speaker
Your words gave birth between us

7. You did not wake this sleepy one
Except to one wide awake and keen

8. That the son of Hussein the next morning
Strove for a most praiseworthy effort

9. His features encompassing what they contained
To what incentives lie in his fingers