1. Leave off mentioning Abda, for he is gone
And be content with what you get from me

2. She did not turn you away out of what you desire
Except for promises, all of which were lies

3. So settle into a life you find pleasant
Time has passed and you remain alone

4. Your hair has greyed with thoughts of her
And separation has wasted and torn your liver

5. Protect your honor lest it be tainted
By ill suspicion and jealous eyes

6. Do not let your grey hairs run with the youth
But sit, for before you others have sat

7. Rather, O man, love of women harms you
It cannot be tied down or controlled

8. You put off your maturity again and again
How can you trust what tomorrow will bring?

9. You hope for tomorrow though tomorrow is like a pregnant woman
In life, not knowing what she will give birth to

10. Today holds your share, if you but take it
While tomorrow’s meeting holds only counting

11. I love passion for its sweetness
Though corruption is the ugliest that can come to man

12. If I felt safe I would be alone with him
One day and he would tell me what he feels

13. She said to her, “Spare me your nonsense
And I must be more careful from now on”

14. So empty your eyes that long to see us all
Eyes that our absence has blinded

15. Thus we played, while the dark lay down
With the sun, though it is but a body

16. Until our game ended at dawn
And so too ends all that has a term