1. My excuse, if you judge fairly, is clear,
and my tears for your love are testimony.

2. Your conscience has revealed its secrets -
eyes that speak are articulate and eloquent.

3. When eyes speak with their inscrutable language,
the mystery is revealed.

4. Sometimes I refuse a moon that embraces me -
in its beauty are flirtatious glances.

5. Beauty has spread its charms over his features,
dispelling cares with pleasure and joy.

6. He struts in the garb of youth,
playful, though your sickness makes you weak.

7. His pillows still kiss me,
the ewer and the cup exalt me,

8. until the night reclaims its raiment
and the darkness fades into dawn.

9. The morning appears as if its radiance
were the face of the caliph when praised.

10. The world has spread its charms for you,
and praise is adorned by your qualities.

11. It's as if what is absent from you
appears before your gaze like a specter.

12. When you are safe, each misfortune
is majesty - no harm or grief.