1. My tears flowed from the anguish of his harshness
And my body trembled from the intensity of his severity

2. How often he blamed me out of ignorance for my love of him
And had he seen me, he would have ransomed me with his soul

3. It was as if he had been in Paradise, tempting
The young boys and houris, or they became enamored of his image

4. So Ridwan and the angels were confused by him and by
His beauty, and they protected themselves from the evil of his seduction

5. And they cast him out from Paradise, fearing that
The houris would regain their beauty through seeing him

6. And they settled him on earth so that its inhabitants
Would long for the Gardens and those in it by seeing him

7. My eyes are tied to his glance and I cannot look away
It is as if my eyelids are bound to his

8. My insides flame from the heat of his saliva
It is as if my heart prays towards the fire of his cheek

9. And I have not tasted him, but if I had tasted him it would have
Healed my heart of the burning of its anguish

10. But I desired him one day and I became intoxicated
By the scent of his wine or the fragrance of his breath

11. If the two moles on his cheek fell from his face
Hearts concealed beneath his bracelet would tumble out

12. Resenting the phantom to return perfumed
And scorning to reconcile in his love

13. And of my troubles with him, I am jealous of
His name being mentioned among his family and household

14. I fear for his cheek that my thoughts of him
Will wound it, so delicate is its tenderness

15. Nothing remains of my weary heart nor my body
That he could see and destroy with his aloofness

16. And I have no more tears to cry, for the sorrows
Of the passionate are too subtle for his compassion