1. How can the heart forget Zainab
While seeking to join her radiant company

2. No garden blossomed in spring for her sake
A barren wasteland surrounds her

3. Sweeter than which, when she tells us
Privately, "Is he a Muslim or at war?"

4. It is no gathering house, even if it gathered
Misfortunes persist in happening to it

5. You shunned us, then yearned for us
Though we see we've committed no wrong