1. The distressed one reached the point of ruin
Seeking relief from the wailing women

2. His hands grew weary of textiles
As his companions tightened their belts

3. And both were diverted from his supplies
By tears that soak the bosom when poured

4. And the moaning of the bereaved dove
Whose love nested with loved ones in its heart

5. For tears flow down the cheeks
When they well up and overflow

6. And the scorpions of love
Which hide from obsessive thoughts in his heart

7. When he wants sleep, insomnia
Harasses him and worries rob him

8. Of thoughts of one who shared the abode
So his affliction with that is enough for him

9. The veil dropped when he left
As his intestines and heart departed

10. And one indicating the sweet
Taste of saliva on the gums

11. I loved him though attaining
Union is for one who tends and cultivates it

12. Of one who charms with grace
Who refused to wink for love of you

13. Passion threw him down though
If he drew near your lips his closeness would heal

14. You denied your life after him
And time narrowed around you

15. Such is your time for a lover
It passes when his rebellion subsides

16. You loved him and affection
Turned to another he loves

17. And of wonders is
That he was of a different tribe

18. The seducer of a people who led me
Away from the one whose dog I loved

19. So I pardoned him perhaps
He will humble his mighty pride

20. The brother of women is a deceiver
One day when his drinking does not inebriate

21. Ask her whom you loved
If that was the battle of his war

22. What do you command of a lover
Whose doctor despaired of him and his cure

23. He died or is dying
If his Lord does not restore him to health

24. Ubaydah robbed his heart
Is its confiscation permitted in Islam?

25. A pouring out to her - if only
A message or absence from her would come to him

26. It would become his death
Or he would die or his sorrows grow