1. When I meet my beloved, life becomes sweet,
And the mind of my beloved is perfect bounty.

2. O you of singular beauty, you who have become
The embodiment of beauty, divided and shared.

3. With thighs like a sand dune and a slender waist,
The eyes of a gazelle and the face of an idol.

4. If you walk into a gathering,
You will be suspected by its people.

5. Some will say you have wronged us,
Others will doubt and some will be shy.

6. They say if this secret were
Good, it would not be suspected.

7. One is not deceived in a gathering
As gazelles are not hunted in the sanctuary.

8. Likewise, the shepherds suspect
When wolves mix with the sheep.

9. And whoever exceeds the limits of propriety,
I fear the descent of curses upon him.

10. For the blow of a stick hurts for an hour,
But the blow of the tongue hurts endlessly.