1. I entered the neighborhood though its people were feared
After the calm and after the dew had fallen

2. There I found a free woman adorned with jewelry
That you would think her coal embers with it

3. When I entered, I averted my eyes from her
Deliberately, fearing the passion would be seen

4. Lest a conversing friend says to his companion
"They lied about her, by Him who created the Highest Heaven"

5. She said to her fair companions around her
Of white faces, gazelles like pure pearls

6. "By Allah, Lord of Muhammad, tell me truly
Are you not surprised by this young man?

7. Entering a house of intense seclusion
At an improper time, does he not fear rejection?"

8. I replied, "A lover is accustomed
To meeting whom he loves, even if he fears harm"

9. So I attained a blessing when I entered upon them
And I fell from it where I came, following passion

10. White like the sun at its rising
Marked with beauty, amazing all who saw