1. The son of al-Sanubari cast off reproach
And went about seeing no shame in that

2. He abandoned dreams and rode atop God
And strode wherever he strode

3. He ignored sanity and excelled in love
Despite those who blamed and maligned him

4. Worthy of the elite life is he
For whom tenderness kept sheltered is home

5. Her gazelles seduced us with glances
That robbed our hearing and sight

6. Never before had we seen the like of those gazelles
That brought forth from their pockets moons

7. O Abu al-Tayyib, too sublime to
Describe a dream, calm and dignity

8. Had you seen the sly gazelle when she
Cast off her veil and shed her cover

9. Still not sated am I by her
Compliance and her perfume

10. Blame me not, for who blames the lovelorn
Who has loved none but the young

11. I love none but a lad of ten, so if
Beyond ten he grew, he'd exceed the limit

12. I've protected the charm and grace I own
Since learning to spend verse

13. No miserliness in what I bear inside
But some saw my love an honor