1. From a lover with a weary heart
Sending greetings to the beautiful rosebud

2. He confides his hidden love and passion
So she knows what she did not before

3. Lest she doubt that to me she is
Like a dear and honored beloved

4. She has firmly gripped my stalwart heart
With the rope of fulfilled union

5. She is anchored in my soul anchored
As the soul of the doting lover

6. Indeed I read her book and understood it
Had it been other than her book, I'd not understand

7. She obscured it with her palm and fingers
With the water of her eyes, uncoded

8. The messenger walked with a secret need
Had some of it not leaked, it'd stay concealed

9. Unbeknownst to those whose talk we fear
In the darkness of a gloomy night

10. My faith and yours, O Kullthum, are one
We reject your time or surrender to our faith