1. My beloved sent forth tears galore,
Then said "You were drunk, not sober."

2. "Nay," said I, "but pure joy was mine
Till God give you, Ubaydah, more love divine."

3. To tavern girls I gave no glance,
No fleeting look to those who dance,

4. You soured their drink, at dawn they turned
To wrath at me, their cups upturned.

5. You kept me thus from joy and wine
That love's sweet draught I might not sip.

6. I divorce them all, and give to you
True love and joy forever new.

7. Be calmed, O queen of soul and heart,
No cares beyond you e'er depart.

8. Fear not your place with me is gone
Though pilgrims throng at dawn and don.

9. My heart with loving you is fraught,
My love for you needs no more thought.

10. I'm tired of blame, let that suffice,
Add not, my soul's delight, this vice.

11. Woe's me, whene'er some prater weaves
His tangled tales of parting's grief.

12. Not so should lovers act, but bear
Each other's faults with patient care.

13. None but God was e'er my Lord,
Your face became no idol, nay.

14. I give my soul and heart away,
Accept this gift I freely pay.

15. I said to those who blamed my love
I'll drink her love though frowns reprove.

16. Hard heart you'd be if from her bowl
Of love you had not drained your full.

17. Cease blaming me, I pay no heed
To fault-finders, their ways I bleed.

18. My eyes about her charms declaim,
I bow in prayer and praise her name.

19. As shipwrecked men lost on the sea
Cry out to God in agony,

20. So was it when I sang her praise,
In awe and rapture filled my days.

21. Her charms described fell short of truth
When seen by me in radiant youth.

22. Softly swaying in slender grace
Like a branch in the morning breeze.

23. Smooth thighs flash beneath her dress
As she steps with gentle press.

24. Breasts bud 'neath her robe's caress
Like buds on a sapling's crest.

25. Rounded hips and heavy thighs
Are pillows that lure my eyes.