1. May God bestow peace upon him
Who brought us peace

2. And quenched the covenant of a beloved
Whom I shall not name the clouds

3. If I die from an excess of love for him
I shall not be blamed

4. What people say about me
I am an obsessed lover

5. Reproach me not, for my beloved
Is beautiful and passionate

6. Name him if my love for him kills me
For that would please my agony

7. Ask no other about love but me
For in love I am the imam

8. I have in it a doctrine people
Follow though not openly

9. O lover, after me love
Is forbidden

10. The passions in my heart
Are they fire, ardour or embers?

11. Every fire but the fire of love
Is cold and peace