1. My sorrow increases, though you have no more to offer
Act unjustly, for neither fairness nor foul play console me

2. Nor does my heart find peace in ceaseless union
Or separation leading to distraction and discord

3. With one you punished into obedience, or another left free in desire
Tell me which of the two you decreed should slay me?

4. How many a glance like an unsheathed blade
Disdaining to be burnished, careless of its shine

5. With power over spilling blood, so casually they watch
While my eyes, beyond their gaze, betray my deeds

6. The blossom of a cheek no tears could water
Yet sorrow’s bloom is the brightest in that place

7. The darkness of the mole amid the cheek leaves
Black as the hearts of lovers, beyond console

8. When we were alone, he revealed the reason in desire
His nature refused to linger, insisting on my blame

9. Leave love to ruin my heart as it pleases
Its dwelling crumbles and its clothes wear thin

10. She, for whose love you struggle and vie
Leave her be, and take the rugged path to the plain

11. For these days do not leave us
To live, even briefly, without disgrace and humiliation

12. Consider my eyes dispassionately, can you envision
Any merit but what Abu Al-Fadl has seen?

13. Word came to you, I am among a people
Wavering between refusal and return to my abode

14. As if the nights, oh Abu Al-Fadl, have destined
Their most generous one to forgo all generosity toward me

15. The most liberal among them is he who spared no expense
Of himself, though nothing else is worthy of expense