1. And who can a sick man tell of his illness
Except for Zainab - confidant of his heart and worries

2. I say to those who seek a cure, when will you come
With Zainab and attain some of what you desire

3. For if you are not cured of my sickness
Then I despair of the cures of physicians

4. I am not one on the night of parting to sit with a gathering
For Zainab, until my head rests dazed

5. The quarters appeared like a moon, her coverings lifted
And her guardians disappeared

6. You attained nothing forbidden from her, except that we
Were both clad in purple raiment

7. Innocently, we whiled away our amusement without sin
Even if the frowning censors sneered