1. He came while the breeze played with his softness,
Rushing to the tryst with the clinking of his ornaments.

2. I ransom him from the mischief captured in his eyelids,
And the coquetry that stole minds with his beauty.

3. And by the light of dawn on his brow when it shone,
I tried to solve the riddles of his knotted heartstrings.

4. I saw the nectar of his mouth flowing with its honey.
I held him close and indeed I trusted his promise.

5. So he began to challenge me with his dark nape,
And he became more lost, rising up arrogantly.

6. I drew him near but he recoiled and grew more amazed.
He shot me with the arrow of rejection to my loving heart.

7. I said, “Be gentle,” though I was the one slain by his love!
O my migrating one, when he saw my passion for him,

8. Why did you send an apparition seeking from afar?
By your love I have an eminence envied by angels.

9. It attests to the sincerity of love and devotion.
Let me attain the good of your affection hopefully!

10. It suffices me, the emaciation of my body in your estrangement and paucity.
It was not the way of your lover to abandon you.

11. You lived in comfort and in pleasure.
The slanderers cast the protected chapter.

12. I swear by the scattered honey of your pleasure:
Indeed He who created passion is He who

13. Subjugated me to your glory, He knew when He ordained.
How long will this separation and distancing be?

14. O my seducer, you weakened my stratagems and strength.
If you will not accept my inclination to idolatry,

15. Then shorten your estrangement, for it is the nature of passion
To create oblivion. So do not let what happened deceive you.