1. O dove, convey my greetings
To a beloved I cannot address

2. And tell her who was angry with us
Why, O calm one, why?

3. With your estrangement, do you want to break me
When we never sought to break you all

4. I did not abandon you out of boredom
But I frequented Iraq and Syria

5. Blame me if I visit you, for my abode
And yours, I see no accord between them

6. All your family chided me
Blamed me, and I could not bear blame

7. Noble people before me loved
The noble, and loved nobility

8. Beautiful, and abundant loved
And passion found a dove

9. They legislated love before me
And I found no flaw in people for them

10. So o you, my sight and hearing
The lead of your love ails me

11. You meant, when you shot my heart
With love's arrow, it has arrows

12. I scolded my heart about you, but it disobeyed me
And refused in love but determination

13. If I say, be patient and refrain from her
It refuses anything but retreat from your estrangement

14. So know my ordeal with you
Rabia then prays and fasts

15. Love of you settled in my heart
And my love settled in your heart

16. We are both truthful, burdened
With our companion, and desire no sin

17. I love her talks, and she loves my proximity
And we only meet for what is proper

18. If only the day would adorn the night
And the dawn would not end darkness

19. If only doves were subjugated
To dispatch our messages, o dove

20. Maybe a dove would lead us
A letter from you we would make imam

21. And convey the love from a lover
Whose heart loved you, o youth

22. My sin is not that your love stirred this
If left alone, passion would sleep and slumber

23. If you saw, one day, a gazelle
Who had journeyed and lowered her veil

24. Her sash tied to a clearly bending branch
And her veil covered a supple stave

25. When she smiled, you'd think her mouth
Sparkled, dispelling the darkness

26. Smooth with a charming, icy brightness
As if she wore musk or wine

27. The charm did not increase her fragrance
Rather, you gave charm its fragrance

28. Her rosy cheeks do not notice
Or approach when they hear a groan

29. More beautiful than you the day you left us
Veiling your face completely in the wrap

30. Under you a camel ornamented with saddlebags
Competing with you for the reins

31. All love but mine is nonsense
It flayed the courtyard and bared the bones