1. No scent of gentle breeze has spread in Najd,
Except to stir the nightingales' love-longing.

2. They tell of those who kept faith's covenant true,
And those who broke its sacred bonds of trust.

3. O heart, for one whose glances lit desire
You'll pine until consumed by passion's fire!

4. Why keep the vows of her who proves forsworn,
When even gazelles scorn all vows she's torn?

5. Be one alone! For people's state appears
As Time's - its aspects match in good and evil years.

6. Whether in straitness or felicity,
They're fellow-seemers in alternity.

7. So shun mankind, and never be a man
Who glories in the lightning's flare and roar.

8. Not every cloud brings rain, and not each arm
Wields flashing blade. Illusions bring us harm!

9. Alas, how often noble warriors' eyes
On glory feasted, but it mocked their dream...

10. While many a wise man spied ignoble shame,
As glory laughed at him from afar.