1. O noblest of branches and roots
And most refined in deeds and morals

2. Many a day I desire nothing but
What love sells in the markets

3. We have heads, soft and gentle
Each head deliciously sweet to taste

4. Whenever the youth presents them
In clothes of sheer silk

5. With words for the rain, embroidered on
The finery it wears of leafy silk

6. Then dates come to you in baskets
Whose love in my heart forever lasts

7. And cheese like endurance, and salt
White like affection and kindness

8. And all we emptied at night
Of Sa'tir and Summaq

9. And coffee, more subtle and pure
Than tears of a lover on days of parting

10. Daughter of generosity who struts among friends
In clothes with silver belts

11. And we have from the garden's gift, a rose
Dyed at the break of dawn

12. And a narcissus that revives you
With wide open eyes

13. And after that we have from Kisra's clan
A keen, accomplished listener

14. So in your bounty heal me with a visit
From you, to cure my longing

15. Do not leave me be, for I am determined
To greet the morning with a kiss