1. Oh, the agony of that graceful gazelle
Whose beauty captivates all who dwell

2. The caravan sways to his graceful gait
And captures every heart without fail

3. Gazelle of the meadow, so pure and chaste
With musk pods adorning his neck so frail

4. Many a glance that sets the lover aflame
A look from those eyes, no soul can curtail

5. By God, the days when he was near at hand
Revived my heart from the grip of travail

6. Oh nights when the fawn in the valley would rest
Peacefully grazing, no fear to assail

7. What ecstasy filled my heart in those times
As if no notion of past or future prevailed

8. How my love-filled eyes would feast on his charm
When he grazed in those meadows so hale

9. As if those lands were a piece of cloth
Dyed in the green that's the pride of Yemen's vale

10. I sensed his sweet scent in the morning breeze
What wonder, this creature of God to entail

11. I drank the water from his spring of life
Lost to my feelings and selfhood it curtailed

12. Though time has parted us, he still resides
In the home of my heart, most cherished and hailed

13. O envious one rejoicing in our divide
You know not the love in my heart embedded

14. We shun not your ilk, though the Prophet has said
Beware the green valley and poisonous weed

15. If you were of noble birth and standing instead
You would empathize and let old grudges fade

16. The fire you kindled will only self-singe
O heart, have patience, time's ways we can't evade

17. Fading beauty and youth, no mortal can shield
Turn to your Lord, do not statues revere

18. Misguided in worship, their graven forms yield
If you love, make your heart's goal He who is dear

19. The one by whose love hearts are revived and healed
Hearts' ascension to their Lord should you spear

20. Upholding His law, fortifying the weald
The secret divine in each matter and sphere

21. For God every rule and pillar does yield
Muhammad, creation's lamp, guidance to all

22. Heart's mystery revealed, by all tongues pealed
On him and his kin, his companions extolled

23. Most excellent greetings, from the Lord revealed