1. When will my heart's anguish leave its dwelling
And the flames of passion be extinguished

2. How sweet is the shade of the wilderness, O prince
Your command has passed among us

3. A gazelle, leader of a herd with elegant neck
Showing its heels, the loveliest of grazing beasts

4. The morning sun is dimmed by the light of your beauty
Blessed is God, Lord of all creation

5. Still does the spinning of your locks entrance me
Until sleep came and a spellbound swoon

6. If a quarter of passion's love is mine, then I
Am Qays reborn today, fill of desire

7. How to find coolness for my cheeks when he
Who charmed me shut his eyelids in disdain

8. Dear prince, your sword in time of need a miracle
Since you came to aid, watching with open eyes

9. Your graces can almost shed pearls from the gazelle
So gently did the tale of you come to my ears

10. If you ask the expert about those tresses
Ask my eyes, for night makes all things clear

11. Never did my eyes behold a lightning flash of your smile
Without a pouring rain falling from your eyelids

12. Absence from you is my chronic pain, its assault
Circles round my love like stars around the pole

13. Dawn came with a gleam of your smile on its cheek
Nearly exposing us, if not for the veil of night

14. Your fresh check turns the passionate fool a pasture
Did it share that, like the grape, with the vintner's press?

15. When you shine radiant, cup in hand at dawn
You make life delightful in the early morning

16. I rejoice whenever a branch of your form sways
For a bird sang above the flowering branches

17. Your words to me in subtle beauty are pure honey
Fine discourse, though your jokes vex my hearing