1. I am not one to apologize,
Rather I apologize for loving him.

2. I do not love the young gazelle
For he is forbidden among the gazelles.

3. I love him whose cheek is the dawn
Until the darkness changes him.

4. The best thing about him is to see him
Between temptation and chastity,

5. Crowned with the turban that appears
With Kisra's crown and Caesar's kingdom.

6. If he is wrong, the handkerchief reveals
What it contained and the scarf is tight.

7. He is gentle with people when he frowns
And looks at death when he looks.

8. Whenever a critic blames him,
His face appears to him so he apologizes.

9. How the winds embraced me then gave me life,
I contained the sick eyelids’ fever.

10. As if his eyelid sleep had cast a spell
On my eyelids to keep them awake.

11. I still yearn for his image and my transport,
His radiance and his shining smile.

12. I succeeded in plucking a bouquet and a bud
So I was in heaven and Kauthar.