1. I wept at the morning cooing of doves
And my passion and patience deserted me

2. I grew faint like bleeding grows faint, as if
The rustling of leaves gave me a cup of wine

3. And the light breeze carried away
What certainty remained in my endurance

4. Take a body scented with musk, telling of gentleness
Meet with it a heart held captive

5. Oh my wearied body, formed from yearning
And my ardent plot, ignited from embers

6. Sorrow and grief overwhelmed me after their departure
Leaving me with nothing but flowing tears

7. They set out, driving their mounts at dawn
Is there any excuse for my tear's stillness?

8. They left and my body retained some remnants
Nothing remained that could take form in thought

9. My soul struggled to break free
But my hopes held it captive in my throat

10. I tell my heart the wish will bring us together
And imagine it like a mirage gleaming in the desert

11. You shed my blood deliberately without flinching
And punished me with death without cause

12. My steadfast heart softened for the torment I drank
Though it is harder than rock

13. Sleeplessness, illness, yearning, agony
A dawn without light, a night without dawn

14. A tear without an eyelid, an eye without vision
A heart without company, a secret without cover

15. And how often the ignorant speak ill of another
Mentioning him neither in secret nor openly

16. Can the ailing forget the cure?
Abandoning intimacy is not the way of the free

17. Can thirst prevent the thirsty
From wishing for the cold water in secret?

18. Come stir his memory, distract me
From conscious and drunken states

19. I love the growth of passion in me, youthfulness
Though it leads me to misery and harm

20. If there was a passion greater than mine for a lover
I would wish it to transform into my breast

21. I have not forgotten when he brought the slain of his enemies to life
Who had shunned him in fear and dismay

22. And he shot my insides with his gaze
Deliberately striking me from his glittering sight

23. So I gave him the cup of reproach, mingled
With tears that told of the sea's copious flow

24. And I shamed him until his cheek burned
With the fire burning my insides from his rejection and estrangement

25. Yet his disposition relented, difficult as it was
It softened and inclined from aloofness to amiability

26. Alive, his palms withhold his fragrance
His breath more sweet than musk and perfume

27. We spent the night in company while the night grew dark
And the sun of wine set in the full moon

28. I adorned his neckline with rubies like silver
And his cheeks with starry pearls

29. My soul seduces me with the magic of his eyelids
And I succumb to passion, unaware

30. He says, as sleep weighs down his eyelids
And sheathes the sword of his gaze due to exhaustion

31. I wanted us to relive our past intimacy, I said to him, when?
The day we meet again I will give my life for it

32. He said, the moon has set in the west
And the eyelids of night weep from separation with drops

33. When the lips of this full moon brim with tears, I said
He gestured towards the moon and fell silent

34. He slept and the veil of darkness lifted a little
Morning had almost beguiled us

35. I quenched the clouds, oh what an age gone by
Nothing remains for the longing one except memories

36. Our loved ones, no patience remains, and if
Patience remained for us after you, it would be betrayal

37. We enjoyed intimate chat and play after you
This is now a carpet of grief and tears strewn

38. May the tears of sorrow and longing cool the fire
Of my burning entrails, if they cannot alleviate

39. You forgot us after intimacy and friendship
More beloved to the offender than safety and victory

40. Fate allowed our separation, treacherously
No wonder, for treachery is the way of fate

41. So patience, my heart, acceptance of destiny
For none but God has any power over fate