1. A moon shining through the gloom of nightfall
Dazzling all eyes since it appeared

2. Safe from any hint of slander
I melted in love for him despite the slander

3. He kept striving to reach me
At the feet of the buckets and water wheels

4. Oh if not for the guards' eyes
I'd have attained union with him in power

5. O prince, my neighbor since you assumed power
How can you not mourn for one so afflicted as I?

6. Console me with a smile from you
That has ripened in flavor and beauty

7. With what you've been granted of generosity
Be generous, for you've not much longer remained

8. You have a cheek, Abu al-Faraj
Adorned with blushing and down

9. And sweet aromatic conversation
That has captivated my heart without reserve

10. If the branch saw you it wouldn't touch
Or the moon saw you it would hide

11. A full moon in beauty and charm
And so they titled him "The Charming One"

12. With a radiant, beautiful smile
That has captivated me with pleasure and joy

13. He is my conqueror and despoiler
So narrate to me the tale of my wonder

14. You have excelled in dazzling beauty
O melter of my being into liquid!

15. Will you show me more disregard?
Strange that you would cure blindness!

16. And with the sickness of onlookers be veiled
So your bewitching eyelid broke and turned away