1. My heart is consumed with love for Zainab
A severe and wearying passion

2. Her love has left me suffering
Called unhappy and distraught

3. And I purposefully used a nickname for her
So she would not be angered

4. I made Zainab a veil
And did a wondrous thing

5. She said, when the tryst was difficult
"No, I could find no escape"

6. By God, you will not attain intimacy
Or reach the stars