1. My two friends, this is a fragment of Azizah's glory, so be rational
Suppress your yearning, then weep wherever she camped,

2. And touch dust that had touched her skin,
And seek shade and shelter where she passed her night and took shade,

3. Do not despair that God may forgive you
When you pray wherever she prayed,

4. And I did not know before Azizah what weeping was
Nor the pains of the heart, until she turned away.

5. She was not fair to us women, so she hated us
And was niggardly in gifts, whereas before she was generous

6. She swore strongly by the sacrifice that Quraish made
The morning of Confederates, and prayed

7. I call you - has any pilgrim circumambulated
With the throng of the Rufay'ah clan, and entered ihram

8. Nor has any of the Rufay'ah clan above the station of Rukbah
Of those with long hair, entered ihram and commenced talbiyah

9. And she was like one who has vowed
To cut the tie between me and her, and fulfilled her vow

10. So I said: O Azizah, every misfortune,
When the soul becomes accustomed to it, is humbled

11. And no human has found love without
Becoming blind, once smitten with passion

12. So if the fault-finders ask why I pine for her
Say: a free soul that followed its caprice and then turned away

13. It was as if I called to a rock when she turned away
Deaf even if mountains had senses, they would slip

14. Clement, but she would not meet you except disdainfully
So whoever hopes for reunion with her, that hope is futile

15. She made lawful what people had not grazed before her
And made common what had not been commonly accessible before

16. Would that my companion were tied to Azizah
With a weak rope - he escaped from her and slipped away

17. The luggage was loaded among the sedentary people, and her tent-ropes
And she had a garden, leveled and filled

18. And I was like one with two legs - one sound leg
And one which time had crippled and paralyzed

19. And I was like one with a rib when she
Persisted upon her rib after stumbling and grew steady

20. I wish to find comfort in her abode though I think
When we stay long with her, she will be wearied

21. The uncouth will make her censure me though she holds
No contempt for me, but she humbled herself to the King

22. A fine, splendid woman without any secret ailment
None of our honor would Azizah make permissible

23. By God, I approached her only to have her move farther away
And the more I increased, the more she diminished

24. And I have sighs, which if prolonged, would kill me
As those misfortunes come in succession and recede

25. And we two climbed the ascent of passion together
But when we reached the summit, it ceased and slipped

26. And we two tied the knot of union between us
But when it was strongly tied, I slackened and released it

27. So if she reproaches, strangers are welcome
Reproach is her right with us, and she reproached little

28. But if she is otherwise, then behind us are lands
When she travels there the evening becomes tiresome

29. My two friends, the Barmakids have destroyed
Your companion and my she-camel, they have ruined her

30. So let no far reunion with Azizah take place
When causes have receded and slipped away

31. Treat me badly or treat me well, no blame
Upon us, and no fault if you are sparing

32. But grant me some, and remember some affection
You once had for us, which then diminished

33. Even if she is averse, I speak truthfully
About what she once was to us, and then turned away

34. I will not call curses upon Azizah
Nor gloat if Azizah's sandal slips

35. Let not the spies think my passion for Azizah
Was a cloudburst that then cleared away

36. So I became drenched with tears shed over her
As the hamaa rainclouds pour and then clear

37. By God, by God, none compared before or after her
Wherever she camped, none like her intimacy slipped away

38. And no day passed upon me like her day
Though other days were greater and magnificent

39. And she ascended to the highest peak of his heart
Neither heart can divert her nor soul grow weary of her

40. How remarkable of heart - its confession
And the soul when accustomed, is tranquil

41. Though I rave madly for Azizah after
We parted, and she went her way

42. You who hopes for the shade of the clouds, whenever
He takes shelter they shrivel away

43. It is as if she and I are a raincloud
He hoped for, but when it passed him by, it poured down