1. The youth's beauty has faded with time's passage,
Bringing sorrow before debts are due.

2. Dawn's cheek blushed as it followed night,
Just as my heart flushed when gazed on by his eyes.

3. In beauty he surpassed all with gracefulness,
Grasping perfection's banner in his right hand.

4. I adorned my poetry with his noble qualities,
Sweetening it beyond any need for melody.

5. On Moses' cheek, a charming beauty-mark
Illuminates his bashfulness with its glow.

6. You'd think a scribe's negligent pen
Dotted a nun before the one in "nun".

7. His mouth pours forth pure wine,
I paid my tears, pearls beyond price for it.

8. Ah, if only his lips' pearls might quench
The yearning hidden away in their treasure!

9. If I'm denied his company while living,
My longing for reunion will dot his forehead.