1. O leaders of love's people, what say you of a lad
Who sees his beloved's judgment better than his own,

2. And accepts what he secretly and openly decrees,
Is it your sacred law to shun him or embrace?

3. One who cannot endure a day without his love,
Can he last a year of absence? How so?

4. What can bring us together if he refuses?
My heart has no strength, no power to bear it.

5. His lovely face shines like a dawn,
A furtive lightning flash near silent Kadhimah.

6. I hint at my passion through the name Hind,
Though I've known no Hind, nor loved a Layla.