1. I hastened to your door, knocking,
In a night made darker by its cloak.

2. My lyrics were listening intently
To the anthem of my heart you invoke.

3. Your father woke, lamp uplifted,
Rashid responded but did not revoke.

4. Lovely One slept in slumber drifted,
While desire in my liver provoke.

5. I held my secret though it twisted
The lyre of fortune I unyoke.

6. I returned with a rent untwisted
In my love’s robe I could not sew.

7. My Lord held a child He insisted,
To indulge whatever whim awoke.

8. When with a smile he neared and twisted,
He pushed away with violence unsoaked.

9. Cushions of purity enlisted,
Branches of lilies his limbs enclosed.

10. An eye a lake where dreams persisted,
Its tears in waves serene composed.

11. I’ll not forget the night you listed,
Singing a tune that love evoked.

12. The horizon a couch that existed,
With flowers strewn in pattern stoked.

13. O Hind, my heart is full of illnesses,
Show some mercy, its pain provoke!

14. Guide it to your eyes, for in their wellness
Lies a cure that will heal when invoked.

15. O Hind, no more excuses or jealousies,
Lest its pride against you evoke!

16. Comfort it with some empathy, please,
For excuses will not ease its cloak!