1. Roses bedeck her cheeks should roses disappear
In her mouth is pure honey where sweet wine adheres

2. And were it not for passion, Ahmed's saliva would not have mixed with hers
And he who is denied her “necklace” will be choked by regret

3. When she gave me to drink, I was branded by her glance
And he who drinks pure wine will be bound by limits

4. I swear by the mole on her temple that distracted me
I would not have tasted the sweetness of her lips and cheek

5. She confused my reason in love by her questioning
I am jealous when her cheek bears the load

6. She bent gracefully and minds were confused in describing her beauty
Just as a branch may bend because it is alone

7. She is nothing but the sun – only the bleary-eyed would deny her radiance
A ewe that when she appeared to them their eyes were tearful

8. My actions towards her were appropriate
Since in beauty she has no equal

9. So my heart and her earrings, my patience and her waist
My love and her buttocks, my tears and her necklace

10. I denied my love for her fearing her rejection
What good will my denial do when she is obsessed with me

11. Since she abandoned me sleeplessness has occupied my eyes
So I have no habit of sleep or waking

12. Her phantom did not cease visiting my heart
But my eyelids do not part from drowsiness

13. Pillowed by thoughts of her are sweeter to me than all other beds
And the fiercest fires are those her love has kindled