1. Tell the beauty I'm consumed with longing
And each morn tears for her flow first

2. If only my heart and its attachment to you
Were something I had no justice or pretext for

3. She disappointed when Hind was stingy
And gave not what I had hoped and waited for

4. I was wary of visiting near their homes
But still my patience failed and caution was no use

5. I said if the heart cannot be diverted
From her, nor dissuaded, then so it shall endure

6. Would that I had died before this burden fell on me
And lifted my sight expecting joy towards her

7. And a stand at the hill of al-Marwah tortured me
With yearning kindled in the lover by thought

8. And her saying to a girl not wicked
"Does he come at dusk or early in the day?"

9. God be my neighbor whether he stays with us
Or if travel takes him when the journey starts

10. So I came walking but sleep did not make the friends drowsy
And my companion was an Indian—traces showed

11. But her enviers were roused and did not restrain her
Except for a shadow behind the house hiding

12. She slapped her face and was roused with her
A fair beloved whose task was to keep guard

13. Why is it when forgetfulness' sister came upon us
And my grandfather's misfortune the fateful hour brought

14. It was misery from my miseries, sister of our dwellings
For he saw the thronging of foes when they gathered

15. She said "Did you intend disgracing us deliberately?
And cut the rope and confirm what they mentioned?"

16. Why did you not discreetly send me a messenger
And not rush until the moon falls?

17. I said a summoner summoned my heart and kept it awake
And none will check me among you or restrain me

18. I stay intoxicated with aged wine mixed with
Pure honey and musk that flows lavishly

19. With Indian ambergris and camphor mixed with it
Clove atop a burgundy wine of lovely color

20. I stay kissing her awhile then she delights me
When coolness and slenderness sway away from it

21. When the night turned away she said to the singing girls
"Rise, your lives have been illuminated by the dawn"

22. So I rose walking while she rose languid
Like a drunk, his walking made difficult by drunkenness

23. She dragged behind me train and skirts to hide
The smooth anklets lest the trace be known