1. He was obedient to passion, so how did he disobey?
And once upright, what made him regress?

2. Marvel at him misleading you after he seemed gentle,
Holding the reins until, when he wished, he stripped off his shirt.

3. So how did he, from your secure, bound protection,
Escape the fetter and from his narrow prison slip out?

4. Did he leave the snare and bonds and entanglements
And grids by force, or did he break open the cage?

5. Neither the net of love turned him back, nor
The clinging of fidelity when he passed by, set free.

6. O you, when the sublime are counted, your intimacy is reckoned
As more than most people's counting.

7. You never ceased, of the wild beasts in the wilderness,
To be the most cunning, till after me you forgot cunning.

8. The gazelle deceived you, so you were deluded by him,
Until when he spied an opportunity, he took advantage of it.

9. When you were sincere in your love of him, he was insolent,
And if you showed more passion, he was disdainful.

10. And if you put on a shirt of sorrow for him,
His heart put on a shirt of patience.

11. So dress in consolation, and make your heart true in
The solace of one whom, if you are loyal to him, you will find loyal.

12. Be harsh if he is harsh with you, and do not
Make things easy for him in passion, even if he makes it easy.

13. For the tale of love, if you deviate with it from
The ways of wisdom, will become just tales.

14. Unlike you, if you fear for Ishaq
The hated greed of his craving.

15. And he who, when passion encircles him,
Is parceled out by the hands of passion into portions.