1. Beside the Tigris, from Baghdad he appeared to us
A snowy white gazelle, adorned with anklets

2. The full moon, greeting him, greets his visitors
A wild goat, startled by our gathering

3. His braids conspired for my demise
And many a night my eyes beheld his eyelids’ vigil

4. These braids have overwhelmed me with their triumph
Oh you who’ve seen a poet undone by verse