1. I bear witness that my affection has not changed
And indeed I cherish you until death

2. And my heart does not bend to any passion
Other than you, though they say it will bend

3. The days of youth did pass, then nothing
Of time thereafter did bend

4. And when the two encampments climbed up
Hearts yearned for the valley of villages and springs

5. As if the tears of the eye when Buthaina bid farewell
Were watered by the sprinkling rain, a fount

6. The gazelles - what is there in their nearness
For the passionate among people except misery and sorrows

7. They entrusted him and preoccupied his thoughts then left him
With anguish for them still lingering in his heart

8. They went away having deposited in my heart a secret
For Buthaina, a mystery in my heart lying hidden

9. Like the bubbling of dew whose hidden water
Lies sheltered in the bosom of the earth, buried

10. When a secret passes between two, it then
Scatters with gossip and tale telling

11. The terrors of parting make my companion age
And emaciate me above wherever she may be

12. Alas, if she is kept from me, and alas my soul, how you will yearn
And I cover up while not drowsy

13. Perhaps we will meet in a dream
And if this estrangement from you persists, then I

14. Will be her hostage on both sides, captive
So people will say he died without enjoying you

15. And horns did not sprout from you
They say what did you in, while wealth was abundant

16. For you, and the slopes of smooth skin were yours
So I said to them, "Do not blame me, but look

17. At the pulsing temple, see how it pulses"