1. They ask why so-and-so is infatuated with her
I said, ask about that face, ask about so-and-so

2. That face led people with a sword, not a stick
And that is a Yemeni sword, when unsheathed

3. When it appears, it bewilders even a guide
And trips someone who has two legs

4. Go closer to it, blamer, and contemplate
Its eyes will make you a lover, I guarantee

5. It says to us, oh I wish I never saw it
And oh I wish it never saw me

6. My religion is the worship of the One
I disbelieve in anything else, if I disbelieve in the Second

7. I sought safety from its love, but what came to me
Was the writ of my wishes, not the writ of safety

8. I lost my dignity in its love out of youthfulness
And lowered my devotion from it to the abode of disgrace

9. When I remember it, I have racing horses
That my tears have stirred up out of love-sickness

10. If the chest cannot refrain from you in its heart
How can the eye refrain from tears?

11. I have no patience in staying away from you
For missing you, and I have two hands for embracing