1. My night has turned away, if only my night had not turned away
The night is but distress for the sleepless one

2. I anticipate the night as if I will find
Relief in the morning from the toil of fatigue

3. And I know well that I will wake up
Just as I slept, if she does not reconcile

4. So she bid me farewell, then made a sudden move
Leaving my heart to her in turmoil

5. How little patience remains after what
Our conversations have multiplied, O Arabs!

6. Rest your eyes a little while gazing
At a beloved, only what you love rests the eyes

7. And she left me struggling with a swarthy neighbor
The worst that can happen to a neighbor is to fall in love

8. And two well-wishers have blamed me since early morning
With a doctor, yet my doctor is to be avoided

9. They asked me to describe what I was going through but
I cannot describe, as I am feeling gloomy

10. Except I said to them something
I hid like a little rabbit

11. Clarifying my need to be near,
Yet he does not come close though the house is deserted

12. O my dear friend, show me her
Just for a glance, then ask me of my torment

13. My soul was too preoccupied with yearning to see her to describe this passion
So stop blaming me, for I am a lover

14. God has written upon him what He has written
And I said to my heart when it did not find

15. Solace in loving her and insisted
O you who aspires for her even after this, why do you care what trouble lies ahead

16. No one intends what is right except a well-wisher
And none wishes you killed except one who is hostile

17. Give the same measure to whoever alienates you
And if he draws near in affection, then draw near too

18. Bear patiently with whoever has tasted
What you have not, for none can cure sickness except one who has recovered

19. She killed me but my heart refused
What it obligated me until I fell in love

20. So she is helpless when she turns away
And when she comes face to face, she is veiled

21. No eye has seen, between Jumada and Rajab
An allurement like hers

22. She has led me astray with a delicate body
And an amazing garment - what an amazement!

23. The image of the sun was dimmed by her face
Beyond my hazel eyes gazing from the face veil

24. The sweetness of her gaze is a cheap commodity
Her beauty has decreed that she be praised

25. She feels secure from fate and has no hope
That there will be relief from what that liar has spun for us

26. How many like her we saw safely ensconced
While fate turned against them in an instant!

27. No day after today should fool you,
Shout! For fate dozes off and lightly sleeps

28. It turns away to its wont
And when it pounces, revenues flow forth

29. However pure it may seem, the livelihood
Of one who wakes to be plundered by office holders is not pure

30. Al-‘Abbas did not stand firmly in his position
Fate toyed with him in that game

31. His days drew near until when
Death came to him, he retreated and was gone