1. With a charming coquette whose face rivals the full moon
She kept singing, intoxicating the heart's commander

2. Indeed the eyes that have fascination in their gaze
Killed us, then did not bring us back to life after killing us

3. So I said “You have done well, O my hope and aspiration
Let me hear you, may God reward you with goodness”

4. O excellent is Mount Rayyan among all mountains
And excellent are Rayyan’s inhabitants among all people

5. She said “Would my soul not redeem you better
Than this, for one whose heart is confused?”

6. O people, my ear loves some of the living
For the ear falls in love before the eye at times

7. I said “You have done well, you are the rising sun
Igniting fires in the heart and entrails”

8. Let me hear a melodious, exciting voice
Increasing ardent love for you in me

9. Would that I were an apple, split open
Or that I were a sprig of sweet basil

10. So that if she found my scent pleasing
And we were alone, I would take human form

11. She would pluck her lute, then sway with rapture
Singing it, not hiding it secretively

12. I have become the most obedient of all God's creatures
To most people, though to love I am disobedient

13. I said “You have delighted us, O beauty of our gathering
Give us more, for with goodness you began with us”

14. Had I known that love would kill me
I would have prepared my shroud before meeting you

15. She sang the drink in a poignant, tremolo voice
Kindling happiness and making the eyes shed tears

16. God does not kill one whose affection endures
Though God may kill the treacherous at times

17. Do not blame me, for remembering her
Brings me joy - does the wakeful blame the sleepy for drowsiness?

18. I do not know whether my portrayal of her awake is true
For I have toyed with her in dreams at times

19. She would offer me her mouth and I would kiss it
A jinniya married to a human in dreams