1. God watered with rain from the west side
An abundance, and the spring of life flowed from the heart

2. Chaste except with partaking of passion
Weak except in confronting adversity

3. Women whose ankle bracelets Abou Oqail fears
Coquettes who don't give their anklets away for free

4. When the deserts enticed them, playing
Their beauty made their face veils seem like windows

5. I complained against their eyelids, to the wish
Foolishly, does distance negate closeness?

6. And when it was time to bid farewell, I said to my companion
Hide your affection from me, away from the caravan's sight

7. If the glances are a kind of gazelle
Then, undoubtedly, an amorous glance is a kind of striking

8. They seduced me, I fancied separation in error
And so I ended up lost, while my heart lost its way

9. What can I do, if I call "Oh Patience, help me!"
I am let down, and if burning yearning calls, it answers my call

10. My days were spent between separation and estrangement
So my heart can't wake from its swoon of love

11. And I love him to whom the full moon bows down in worship
Can't you see the trace of dust on his face?

12. The wonder of the wine of his eyes is
It redoubles my drunkenness whenever I lesson my drinking

13. If there is no increase for me in love
Why prefer visiting over absence?

14. And my visitors still say "who is he?"
And I conceal it from them until they ask "who are you?"

15. So I became, whenever longing pulled me towards them
I justified my flirtation with love to my companions