1. My passion remains unending, undying
For the memory of the chaste maiden.

2. If the coquettish one is aloof, my longing
And infatuation only increase, unrestrained by aloofness.

3. When she is remembered, I recall a tattoo
On a slender arm and a refractory, fickle mother.

4. And a fleeting glance, the darkness of night
Like the night of a lovesick, sleepless one.

5. And cheeks soft as velvet, a delicate neck
Bathed gently by her ringlets.

6. She is willowy as a branch, smooth of skin
Purer than any branch.

7. And she sways like a lance, slender like a stalk
Sheltered amidst thorns and torrents.

8. Sweet her kiss, green her youth
Her kisser craves her sweet kiss.

9. As if musk were exuding from her essence, enchantingly
Were I to kiss her, she would cure all my pain.

10. But though I know she is meant for me
I cannot find a way to reach her.

11. I seek union but she refuses,
Allowing only a little.

12. I remembered the chaste one but know not
If she was called chaste or deadly.

13. Tears streamed from my eyes copiously
I feared the minarets would crumble.

14. I dried my cheeks completely
I feared my bones would waste away in sorrow.

15. I remembered you, O chaste one, while cooing
And in the yard, a dove called sadly.

16. The guide said to me, “You have come misguided,”
But I said “Nay, misguided was my intent.”

17. By your life, I've not forgotten the pact between us
When we used to meet intimately.

18. No whit has diminished of the passion
That consumes me for your love.

19. Indeed, though the chaste one is aloof
And feigns to abandon me for a long time,

20. Within the darkness of my heart is a love
From which I have not recovered.

21. Her memory keeps me awake at night
And disturbs me when I rest.

22. Whatever news comes fills my mind
If she laughs, she leaves me confused.

23. And a whisperer told me that tomorrow
He will attempt to be her lover.

24. I said if she accepts him as worthy
I will take the remnants as my guide.

25. But the proud one in the bloom of youth
Would not tolerate a worthless man.

26. Nor would the chaste one except a noble one,
And soon she may find a noble man.

27. Nor would the shepherd girls leave me be
Without some shame or remorse for their beauty.

28. Nor did I fear the consequences of my fiery passion
When I composed satire against their tribe.

29. They don't know that if we went before a judge
I would leave them paralyzed and subdued.

30. You made your old sheikh a sheikh
When you misguided him from the path.

31. When you dispute grammar some day
Confusion spreads between speaker and speech.

32. Nor is he considered a jurist
Until he grasps the principles completely.

33. You set upon the weak a treacherous dog
That cannot be trusted lest he attacks.

34. When the old man comes to him, he looks down on him
So he is driven away, corrupt and ignorant.

35. You hoped for justice from him
But witnessed only injustice from him.

36. He was as though just among you
So you found excuses for his wounds.

37. He responds to messages at all times
Like one who knows the messages or their meaning.

38. How many times did his obscenity disgrace him before the club
Dragging behind it disgrace and scorn.

39. By night he seeks corruption, governed by desire
Would you equate your master with the likes of him?

40. He sends a messenger to a licentious woman,
If the messenger finds complaisance in this,

41. He comes in compliance with the messenger
Though he follows not the guidance of messenger.

42. You did not agree on an opinion nor
Did you plant any trees.

43. O my eminent brothers, if you consider
With an eye that is not bleary,

44. You would know that you were once my comrades
And I clung fast to the rope of your pact.

45. Leave off this bigotry! It would be better
To avoid it than to let in dissension.

46. I excuse you, for you have made
Branches into roots.

47. Had you regarded him as blessed
And he smelled with his snout every glory,

48. Insightful, sound in opinion
Trustworthy, neither inclining nor swaying.

49. He would have managed your affairs with care
Pursuing the course of a careful kinsman.

50. You would have remained as you were before
And the perfection of your pillars intact.