1. Whether he kept his passion or lost it
He possessed my heart, so what can I do?

2. Whoever hasn't tasted the injustice of a lover like his
Sweetly, he was ignorant of love though he claimed it

3. O beautiful face, spare the thin youth
His passion faded and crumbled away

4. Is there any mercy in your heart for a hopeless one
Whose limbs embraced an aching heart?

5. Search my thoughts, for you are present in them
You'll find the envious one opposite to what he sought

6. Is there a way for me to express my youth
Or complain of my affliction or plead?

7. Truly, I'm too shy, as you accustomed me
To plead with you for anything but your approval

8. O eye, your excuse for your lover is clear
Wipe the tears of his abandonment or shed them

9. God revealed the full moon from his bosoms
And the sun from the portions of Moses, rising

10. The noble king who ruled the world
As a grown elder, youthful and suckling babe

11. With him the sun of generosity returned to the world
So they rejoiced and saw Moses in Joshua

12. Easy when it touches good, the dew flows
Hard when it touches evil, it crumbles

13. Humbling, but from questioning his chastity
Lofty above the fish of the sky it rose

14. O lightning, this is your true nature
O rain, this your best place

15. O meadow, this your most beautiful scene
O sea, this your sweetest shore

16. O arrow, this your truest aim
O sword, this your swiftest cut

17. O dawn, this your brightest first light
O star, this your clearest rising

18. His fingers held the swords, and so they remained
Bowing in thanks or kneeling in prayer

19. They touched down and never left a place that remained
Studded with the pearls of the mouths of kings

20. Victorious defender of the faith, hear my words and say
To the stumbling of a servant you own, do not blame

21. Does your sanctuary narrow around me after it
Had been open and expanded to me?

22. Even so, with your name I embroidered a praise
The shy gazelle would not hear recited

23. Chaste one, time never sat with her lord
Except it stood delivering a sermon to her, threatening

24. And in either case, I am thankful
Praying that Allah hears one who prays