1. I kissed the hand of my beloved one day, so he said to me
Bashfully, "You have been too bold, O standard of glory."

2. "Your rank is too high for me to see you kissing
My unworthy body, my mouth, and my cheek."

3. So I said, "I see the revival of my soul with a kiss
To your foot, better than the death of a passionate lover.

4. You are nothing but the Kaaba of beauty wherever
I kiss you, I attain reward, O ultimate aim."

5. So he was pleased until he said, "Glory to Him who created
For us a state, my Master, in which my slave has become."