1. A laughing Marcus enveloped by joy,
He breakfasts in his courtyard and relaxes,

2. With forbidden passions that to him seem permitted
Everything in it is for them permitted

3. With eyes that are all watchful,
Bodies that are all exposed,

4. Burning with virginal desire at times,
And at others their raging is calmed by the wind

5. So she is sometimes carcasses and bones
Made of dust and ghosts at other times

6. You see her well yet she is sick
You see her illness yet she is healthy

7. She appears to the eyes in a thousand colors
She is a mystery draped in a veil

8. From her emanates whoredom and filth
She is a refuge for the transgressor and relaxed

9. Shining in the light, tempting people
Who lost in passion their limit and roamed

10. Their only life purpose is food, drink
Singing, wine and chaos

11. Deluded in darkness, life is but play
Enveloping mankind, and living is jesting

12. Lost in their misguidance, permitting
In the land of inspiration what cannot be permitted

13. They are singers with armored chests
And heads for goblets

14. In the soft breeze lies kisses
And the water is wine and relief

15. My wonder is great and my sorrow intense
That people see their comfort as joy

16. They erred in themselves and passions protected them
And their high status from humiliation did heal

17. They dance like birds, without reason or purpose
A meaningless gathering, clamor and shouts

18. A wanton Marcus, loudly bustling
Everything inside is racket and screams

19. Modesty's water diminished, everything exposed
All inside is permitted to be breached

20. A barren body and thick skin
Below it in thickness, the crocodile

21. In it is Refka, Laila and Leza*
Khazami, Nargis and Aqah*

22. If they dance, their dancing, if they sing
Their singing is but barking

23. They flirt and flirting has ways
Sometimes forbidden and other times permitted

24. If they laugh, they drip lethal poison
Their smiles are but arms

25. Honest in their imagination, they know who
Can be exploited for money and profits

26. How many victims and felled bodies
Lie in their court

27. Oh you deluded in the dark night
Seeking the pleasures of life, where are the souls?

28. These pleasures are but mirages
And their effects will soon disappear

29. And you will soon become victims
Following regret and wailing

30. You have destroyed fortresses and citadels
And enabled your enemy what cannot be enabled

31. An extinct people, imminent ignorance
And a country toyed by the winds

32. Resist these tendencies and repent
The struggle in these nights is pure

33. Glory has mocked you, and wishes
And wounds have marred the sky

34. Stars and planets disappeared
From lives and souls roared

35. Enough pleasure and infatuation people
The moon of darkness has set, and dawn shone

36. As long as you remain prisoners of your passion
No success is expected for the countries’ people