1. O you nightingale of the meadows, sing
And tell the tale of love about me

2. Let everyone in love speak of me
And those who pine, and those in passion lost

3. As did my waist tell of my sickness
With my permission, so they all excelled

4. I would ransom the graceful gazelle
Who surpassed the seven planets

5. She walked, displaying marvels to us
So the branch bent with her gentle sway

6. A sun set behind the veil
And the youth sported in play

7. Would that I felt not the agony
Of rejection and estrangement's pain

8. Gently, your soul ransom I gently
For estrangement I'm not inclined

9. But the draft of acceptance I've sipped
Indeed, your pleasure I wish to gain

10. When the beauty of her visage shone
Swaying coquettishly, beguiling

11. I gave my soul and wealth to her
Union by giving, not longing gained

12. I swore by the neck and the brow
By the stature, breasts and eyes

13. And her radiant guarded face
That passion fashioned me by its hand

14. My prayers with greetings I offer
Bestowed on the best of all mankind

15. And his family, an ocean of gifts
May my good thoughts of them remain