1. By my soul, he who visited me while he was afraid
As a bough quivered on a shaking palm tree,

2. And did not visit except furtively after sleeping,
While a slanderer slept, fearing and envying him.

3. Never did the full moon before him spend the night afraid.
Could it be he feared lest the others were jealous?

4. I used to think beauty had singled out his face,
Yet it was but established in it while it stayed.

5. My love visited me generously and was not
Bound by obligation to such generosity.

6. My messages to him were not many,
Nor had we fixed many a tryst.

7. When love for him made me ill he visited me -
A lover whose nature is ever to show kindness.

8. Die choked, my envier, for I am he
Who has ties with one who loves and regularly visits.

9. I have but one, none other than he,
Though I say he is my world, he is but one.

10. My companion, may God not separate us
Or leave our friendship without abode.

11. O visitor who visited without prior arrangement,
Indeed, I thank and praise you for your right.