1. Longing flared up, so visit me
You are unaware of my state

2. Come, for the days of lovers
Are few, it's said

3. You left my heart to depart
While my mind grew confused

4. By my father Badr appeared
Perfect beauty in the sky

5. Whenever he fired an arrow
It struck only the warrior

6. His figure slim at the waist
Upright, though bending

7. Are they people or a willow branch
Inclining in the basin there

8. Eyes languid and dimmed
Or are they roses in tresses

9. Her glances bound me
To passionate love with chains

10. When she saw me trapped
In the snare of her love

11. My conjoined eyebrows are noon
My loose tresses flowing water

12. Life passed me by and turned away
And I gained nothing from it

13. I don't listen in her love
To slanderers or chiders

14. The creed of love is truth
While to shun it is vain

15. So leave the chider to say
What he will say

16. He is doubtless ignorant
Of the ardour within my heart

17. The chider denied my fervour
Yet fervour has proofs

18. Lovesickness itself is proof
As is the blood that throbs hopefully in my cheek