1. By my father, he who visited me secretly
And came openly protected by guards

2. He appeared like a full moon, smiling
Concealing himself under his thick forelock

3. The water of beauty flowed on his cheeks
Among myrtle, basil, and wallflower

4. And the light of his perfect face shone forth
In the radiant morning light

5. And the suns of pleasure from his saliva
In cups of glass and carnelian

6. So you see people drunk whenever
He smiles over wallflower juice

7. O may God protect that charming one
From the kisses of the ogling gazer

8. Words love his meaning so do not
Deny gentle words in describing him

9. He leaves the mind intoxicated whenever
His ancient meaning passes by

10. Ears sip his words like the spirit
That dwelt in his perfect body

11. Have you ever seen or heard whenever
Pearls bear fruit in the meadow of the sitting place

12. For his saliva is the strength of the soul
And his qualities ripen what is planted

13. Borrowing his waist from my body
A branch disdained the lote-trees

14. Whenever his smooth skin weakened
With berries from his beautiful folds

15. Have you seen an army of hailstones
In the land of carnelian and glass

16. Whenever it appears smiling to us
Passion overcomes the guarded one

17. So my patience is defeated
And my solace indifferent and frowning

18. Hope plants in the garden of wishes
Every time trees that will never bear fruit

19. Long have I blamed my gaze for gathering
Its fruits, so I stayed up at night

20. Subtle is his poetry's meaning that it bent
Ashamed before the master poet's words

21. Does the doe of the protected land know that it has protected
A heart whose measurement has narrowed

22. So it is hot and throbbing just as
The morning breeze played with the firebrand

23. By my father, he who visited me furtively
An opportunity after failing in my tricks

24. If only my poetry, since he appeared, dressed
His cheeks with my blood or with shyness

25. O may God protect a gazelle who never ransacked
A pasture without capturing and scaring it

26. Whether it glanced sidelong or turned gently or stepped forward
You see a branch, a doe, and the moon

27. He surpassed in beauty so when he winked
It was said, "the full moon in the night of poetry"

28. While he is indifferent to rejecting me
If only he would delight my hearing with hope

29. That you would see me, O intimate of my illness
Apple trees assaulted me from the cheek of the beautiful one

30. If he showed it in the ponds of the cheeks
And I see in that radiant face

31. A crescent that copies the light of dawn
My love, if only I had a wounded heart

32. Infatuated with your love, never awoken
So have mercy by union on youth despairing

33. Of anything but sickness and nearing death
For he kept vigil so long, forgetting

34. After you, O my hopes, any companion
My patience in the love of gazelles is lost

35. And they did not relieve my heart at all
They left me wandering on the day of farewell

36. And seared my heart with the fire of estrangement
My status through love for them spread

37. And they refused to show me any kindness
So my sleep is stolen from my eyelids

38. And my passion ever increasing
Alas, the memory of days gone sour

39. And friendship turned after sweetness to slaying
O kinsmen of affection, my heart has melted

40. From the severity of estrangement and soft tears
Do you think the days of affection will return

41. And we will go back to what came before
And my eyes will see plainly whoever wishes

42. And I will see goodness inhaling from him
And see saliva purer than pearls from him

43. The best kohl with the juice of kohl
If only he would remain for my sleepy eyes

44. So I could dream of his phantom
For my yearning has harmed the body

45. And my weeping mixed tears with blood
O for a youth who melted with passion and sorrow

46. And I walk in shackles of pain
Some people said, when he swore off

47. The burning passion and overflowing sickness
Avoid him, for you have wasted away in sorrow

48. I said, “Leave me be, I'm no ascetic”