1. My son, due to my poor guidance
followed misguidance, deviating from his forefathers.

2. I neglected him as a child, so when he grew up
I did not watch over him until he indulged in his whims.

3. And there an eye, when his eye saw it
spun for him with a glance the thread of his misery.

4. And the messengers of love are eyes, so if they call
a heart that obeys the raving in its passions.

5. And love is an illness of hearts when it grows
it blinds Hippocrates' path to its remedies.

6. She is Ghada. If the full moon smelled her
it would hasten to her from the heights of its orbit.

7. So Ferdinand loved her, and she matched him
in love, striving to please him.

8. They corresponded secretly, and she had a father
whose kindness was among his enemies.

9. Due to their bad luck he uncovered the secret
which they were extremely careful to conceal.

10. His sharpness stormed over him, as
the fury of fire raged in his entrails.

11. He gave his son a sword and said, "Kill Ferdinand with it
and wash away our shame with his blood."

12. So they fought a duel, but my son was bested
since that opponent was not one of his peers.