1. Leave the blame of blamers
And reproach of reproachers

2. Cast off describing deserted homes
And ruins of past dwellings

3. And lofty palaces
And timeworn edifices

4. What can one who finds fault do
To forms of fallen abodes

5. Poetry is pleasing only
With a companion of cheeks soft like silk

6. So make great effort in depicting
Wine and cups

7. And consider in your neglect of the path
The dead of wakeful vigils

8. And steal pleasures while
Life brings you ecstasy

9. In lofty mansions
And fragrant gardens

10. Between changing pigeons
And singing narrators

11. Beneath canopies of branches
Above brocaded plants

12. While the stars are our drinking companions
Nay, full moons of brilliance

13. The meadows inspire in description
The gazelles of the thickets

14. Yet the secret in the simile
Is in hints concealed

15. So steal in it likenesses
Hastening, fearing loss

16. And couple diversion with sounds
Of the flutes enchanting and joyous

17. And my soul in your singing found
Melodies rending and burning

18. And smooth is the glance of the languid eyed one
Chaste of privacy

19. Languor in his eyelids, tempting of glance
Agile of movement

20. When the one swaying with the flowing cup of life said
A full moon who makes the horizon glow red in the water's reflection

21. My lord, you were excessive in your avoidance of me
And hurting me and my touches

22. Nothing remains of me since you turned
Away from me, O my life

23. Except the sounds of sighs
In withered bones

24. That you may return, my Master, and end my killing
With the sword of glances