1. Wisdom I impart, to the company of thought confided
And confide to lovers among mankind

2. Wisdom to which ears bow down prostrate
Exquisite, unique pearls it offers in return

3. I bear witness to its wonders, that its director
Served passion and endangered himself for its sake

4. And summoned the religion of love in its isolation
And love is the best that can be named and facilitated

5. It refined the laws of affairs, although
Its law takes reason captive, devoid of excuse

6. You see, by passion's constitution, our prisoner
Is not to be ransomed, and our murdered, his blood wasted

7. The limbs are obedient to it, and it is concealed
Sublime, beyond limit or appointed time to expect

8. Contrary to person's nature, its command enforced
And the decree enforced that it be obeyed when ordered

9. It extracts exquisite pearls from prohibition
And refines morals in the days of youth

10. Its breaths perfume the souls
And eternalizes proud, glorious memory

11. Beware the glances of the gazelle, if you can't
Endure, and be of their intensity wary

12. Surrender yourself, for I advise you well
And ask the expert of it, and dangerous schemes forswear

13. Let souls revel in the meadows of delight
Greedily, and do not pluck fruit from the trees

14. For love, its requests are truest for lovers
The more stubborn, the more valued by the steadfast

15. And keep the account of the Beauty from one who has seen
The great sign, whose sight did not waver

16. And Beauty, prose can't capture its description
As poets fall short in describing it

17. Look at the hair of the smooth-cheeked beloved
She won my kisses, the imprints victorious

18. As if she gathered what had scattered before her
Not what I was used to gathering and scattering

19. Consider her dimple and her pride together
And glance shyly, in dawn and at night

20. You see two wonders, miracles among what you see
The moon of beauty gleaming in a starry orbit

21. Look at the bows of her eyebrows, which shot
My heart with them, no excuse left

22. Bent on killing me, their heads the arrows
I saw between them no path to escape

23. Look at her black eyelashes, as though
Bared swords to shed human blood

24. Her intoxication wanders from drowsiness, and whenever
Her tongue loosens, the drunkenness in her wanders

25. Consider her carnelian lips having stopped at
The mouth of the beautiful cups, sparkling pearls

26. The scent of musk splitting from her breaths
Rousing vigour and determination to gain insight

27. Consider her ivory neck, as though
A drinking glass, rising with the noblest

28. And watch the dawn rising on her breast
Excuse the Porter its call at dawn

29. Consider the knit, delicate curve
And ask the dune to explain the summary to you

30. You see but the symptoms of emaciation in passion
Deed and its doer, the hidden pronoun