1. Justify me, O servant, you are my remedy
And leave what the enemies say to me

2. Every living being is talked about, and the one with a mole
Is relaxed while misery is for the foolish

3. He is not one of us who cannot be blamed, so turn a blind eye
Many a visitor who is blown upon, the barrenness falls upon him

4. I am one who you know does not violate the promise
And the passions do not take me lightly

5. And it is strange, the generosity of the noble breaks and the self
Has a return while life ends

6. So remember my oath, I will commit again
The day my right hand was purified by tears

7. The day you do not think my oath is a lie
With my right hand the sorrows are honored

8. So she turned away after the aversion and said
Your hot breaths have killed me

9. I said my soul is a ransom out of a habit of mine
What happened has happened and my heart is innocent

10. So excuse me, O part of the soul, I
Repented from what passed and I have loyalty

11. And a neighbor when she adorns, it does not matter
If she desires men or women

12. The day of Silwan, when she calls me, accept
To us, for with us is what you desire

13. They confront me with slackness of manner
If she comes forward, shyness folds it

14. Like the bashfulness of a nun that folds for us the soul
With intimacy while among us is estrangement

15. The bells call me to it, so I held
My hearing, so that call was lost

16. Their resentment of what they wished, my occupation
With a girl among them of piety and shyness

17. She slept in childhood, so when she blossomed
Her pride diminished and the latter feared her

18. And the women saw her transgress so they
Transgressed excessively when the transgression appeared

19. She is like the sun in the open and like
The full moon when the gown covers it

20. The clatter of chastity was forgotten, and in
The eye a cure for onlookers and an illness

21. A beauty spot, a mole, the coolness of the folds
The slant of the cheek, smoothness of the neck

22. Clad in fine fabric and perfected a dress
Like the fatherless she-camel, the white

23. And the weight of the limbs, beauty clothed her in
Whiteness and smoothness, the white

24. Her complexion radiant and a pure lip
Like a pearl of high quality, complete in it

25. And a stature higher than posture and a neck
Its pomegranate blossomed, the bend above it

26. And a space between the breasts, oh woe to it from a space
Like a plantation watered with abundant rain

27. And to it inclining folds like a vine
Blackened, its end had come from it

28. And a talk as if it cuts the earth in pieces
Its yellow and red adorned

29. None but me was infatuated with her and a fire was not
Lit for others

30. And when she came proud, the infatuation kindled
Then the atmosphere lit up

31. My hand did not touch her by my strength but
It was decreed for me, and does the decree return?

32. My love for her was secret so I hurried
To her and the matter in it was twisted

33. And I asked the women, did you see what I saw
Of her beauty, so the women said:

34. Beside the hated face is the horror of awe
And over the face of the loved one is brilliance