1. They departed, so what tears were not shed
In sorrow, and what ribs were not burnt

2. And our litters moved on from them. Is it possible
For me to meet you again after the far separation?

3. Their suns have set, and their rays disappeared
Yesterday from my eyes, as if they never rose

4. If you had witnessed what passion did
To our hearts, you would have envied those who never loved

5. And you would have pitied Saba when he wept, for his tears
Made the eyelids of the clouds flow with pouring rain

6. The watcher was absent, and we were afforded intimacy
In expressing passion, yearning, and growing attachment

7. Her sighs rose up, and then she spoke plainly,
Complaining of distance with burning and clinging

8. I bade her farewell, and separation lodged agony
In my innermost heart, with burning passion and devotion

9. Then I resigned, and my heart was still enthralled by her
Imprisoned by love, unable to be freed

10. A gift for those nights that were gained
In spite of the anger of the foolish enemy

11. Where passions were lifted, and its coolness
Spread for the admiring, gentle observer

12. The garden amidst arched bows and trellises
The branch amidst winding and fluttering

13. The river amidst winding and brilliance
The flowers amidst delicacy and vividness

14. The goblet amidst etching and gilding
The wine amidst renewal and clarifying

15. How often I spent the night intoxicated until
The grey dawn rose in the east

16. And I crossed the sea of its darkness and crescent
Amidst the boats of its stars like a skiff

17. Oh woe, it turned and left my innermost heart
To the flame of burning and drowning tears