1. Do not hide what longing has done to you,
And explain your love, for we are all lovers.

2. Love would have been hidden, were it not for your
Flowing tears and throbbing heart.

3. Maybe someone you complain to about passion
Will help you bear it, for lovers are friends.

4. Do not despair, you are not the first lovesick one;
Cheeks and eyelids have shed tears before you.

5. And be patient with your beloved’s estrangement,
Reunion may come, for passion has its ways.

6. How many nights have I stayed up with my eyes
Cast down while thoughts keep my gaze lowered.

7. O Lord, those I love have gone too far
And companionship has turned into separation.

8. My fortune with them waned when the fire
Of my passion for them raged out of control.

9. Arabs whose oaths of allegiance I saw held firm,
Yet no oath held firm with them.

10. Aloof, indifferent even amidst intimates,
Deceit and hypocrisy their constant garb.

11. Buttocks they show however much waistbands
Of glances try to hide them.

12. Eyes sneak glimpses then quickly turn away,
Yet every eye still takes its peek.