1. My brother, do not blame me, though I am at fault,
For lovers cannot be reproached for their deeds.

2. I made you a promise I was prevented from keeping,
For people have reasons that make the heart fickle.

3. All my wishes were lost when I lost
Seeing your beautiful face and hearing your sweet talk.

4. If I was remiss with you in the past,
When boon companions are mentioned, who is without fault?

5. I would contradict my faith and disobey my imams,
And incline to the misguided and hypocritical cult,

6. Were it not for being overpowered by devotion,
Otherwise my creed would be for the fair, but the fair do not prosper.

7. I was confused whether to leave the beloved or leave you,
For in leaving him there is frivolity, and in leaving you there is guilt.

8. My heart said to me, love does not excuse you
For coldness, since love does not excuse you.

9. When I saw the heart made light of your anger
To please passion, I knew passion is unyielding.

10. When I feared death I broke my promise to you,
So say, is death or lying more evil?

11. No desire or dignity ever clashed
Without desire winning in the end.

12. Lassitude did not stop me from you, but
My resolve faltered when the soft branch bent.

13. I melted when he smiled at me,
Like a shooting star melting when it falls.

14. The more he kissed, the more modest I became,
One is ravishment in union, the other is plunder.

15. He gives me a cheerful glance and I give him another,
Some of the bounty is defective, some of the bounty is fresh.

16. He inclined to frivolity, so I inclined, though I am not
Frivolous, for everything has its own nature.

17. The knots came undone when their knitter unraveled,
And the millstones turned when the pole was erected.

18. I flew into something between jest and earnest,
And who knows how much earnestness begins in jest.

19. If only I had consulted you, you would not have counseled
Against the intimacy of habit when nearness was possible.

20. Were it not for my hoping for your approval, I would not have cared
To reveal matters that were veiled in their circles.

21. I fear that whoever was once wounded
Will one day be hurt again by tenderness.

22. Loyal friends may redeem themselves after a slip,
As horses recover their footing after stumbling.

23. What thoroughbred is there that never falters?
What sword in the thick of battle does not strike helter-skelter?

24. You see me shun one whose nobility and graciousness
Are legendary, and whose nature is generous.

25. If you say, can a friend be spurned for some folly?
It is no wonder, when even the Lord is disobeyed.

26. Do not tarnish your sublime character with petty wrongs,
For where there is injustice, bounty is not praised.

27. There is no companionship except where approval is sought,
No pasturage except where the grass is sweet.

28. What business have I with sincere love and passion
While I am here, neither eating nor drinking?

29. I do not love superiority without merit,
As the sun is not loved rising in the west.

30. With gaps between into which holes can creep.
You will recall my words whenever you glance

31. Longingly at the abode, when the paths meander.