1. They say, describe the war of the commoners and the soldiers,
And the reconciliation of men from Bilal and Saad,

2. But I have work in reconciling my heart and my watcher,
Until I perished from passion.

3. And the mention of a battle is ugly with my tenderness,
And various exploits of jihad and effort.

4. And how many slain I have in wars of love,
Where the gazelles overpowered the lions.

5. So by God, brandishing spears is not as pleasing to me,
As the brandishing of a slender waist.

6. And the galloping of passion in the racetrack of the cheeks,
Is more terrifying than the galloping of the smooth-bodied horses.

7. And the glances of the eyes are more penetrating thrusts,
And more devastating to souls than Indian canes.

8. And flirtation from near or a beautiful gesture from afar,
Is more effective than the impact of arrows.

9. Arrows of love are directed at the interior of the cheeks,
And they overwhelm but have no effect on the skin.

10. I'm amazed that the kohl-lined eye,
Can slaughter me while the sword remains sheathed.

11. If I were occupied with the war of Dahis,
And the war of Bssos, it would be easier than my current state.

12. And my devilish poetry has no excuse, since it wants
No benefit, like planting without harvest.

13. And I have an agitating impulse for every pleasure,
And my impulse is not for wages or praise.

14. And I spread my intimacy among the jesters joking around,
And if they overstep, my jest becomes excessive.

15. So from wherever they turned, I turned among them like a planet,
Swifter than a judge and more foolish than a monkey.

16. And I have a heart of lightning under rumbling humor,
So I make it rain pleasures with lightning and thunder.

17. And I dismiss those I loved with elegant dismissal,
Then he draws me back to him against my dismissal.

18. Flirting for a while, then for a while being gentle,
And for a while being playful, all that comes from me.

19. So the debts of lovers are paid step by step,
With intimacy while my debt is in loyalty and cash.

20. My friend, have you seen or heard,
Of a more generous Master who walks to His servant?

21. He came visiting without promise and told me:
I will protect you from hanging your heart on a promise.

22. So the star of the cup kept circling between us,
In the orbits of happiness and good luck.

23. Ask the cup why it shows shyness on our cheeks,
And shamelessness in our deeds?

24. You wink coquettishly so it shows its cheek
Shyly against that shamelessness to resist.

25. But when we are relaxed and flirting,
That cheek scowls and reddens with hatred.

26. I kissed its folds and tasted its saliva,
Pure white like unsullied honey.

27. So I said when I sipped its saliva,
Which extinguished a raging thirst:

28. I see myself relieved of hell without warmth,
And your saliva relieved the intense cold without chill.

29. So it said: Enjoy life for the life of a youth,
Is balancing one opposite with another.

30. So I remained in toil which is attaining wishes,
And how much comfort for the soul in that toil!

31. I rebelled playfully because they,
Since the cradle, conditioned me eternally until the grave.

32.
I called its idolatry lies to hide,

33. My reproachers while God knows my intent.
With two full moons from the full moon of the sky,

34. And two dark nights from the night and its black tresses.
So we spent a night made pleasant by its good life,

35. And immortalizing its memory attained the harvest of immortality.
And I pluck the pomegranates of the chests and content myself

36. With a handful of flowers from the cheeks instead of flowers.
For if there wasn’t magic and fascination in love,

37. The isolated stranger would not be befriended.
And if you see me alone and singular,

38. It is only the females who charm the singular male.
So how many times I attained wishes that I thank God for,

39. While the devil toiled fruitlessly without praise.
Indeed, the devil planted a trap with his armies at my trap,

40. So the whole army takes refuge in my trap.
If one was born in China fleeing,

41. The news would come rushing to me on the cold.

42. My playfulness in love increases like
The smell of ember increases with the glow of coal.

43. The firmness of my face in passion, if it took form,
Would make the dam of Dhul Qarnayn superfluous.

44. When the horses of love stampeded my intimacy,
I held thousands of reins that could not rein me in.

45. And none benefited from me except Satan alone,
And if I died, only my loss would appear to others.

46. And I was a youth in the army of Satan, and he
Promoted me until Satan became of my army.