1. The lamp of nightfall, the yellow of autumn
Like the sun of morning, a star when it rises

2. When it walks between the houses slipping by
And sways just as the dripping blood sways

3. I fell in love though she is blossoming youth
With a love that almost overwhelms my heart

4. I say while leaning near her footsteps
Peace be upon you, though tears flow from my eyes

5. This is the separation of truth, not that you moved
To your land while my arms ache with longing

6. I used to cry over your separation intensely
While you today are distant and aloof

7. O pride, you are the full moon obstructed
By a sandy hill and battered metal sheeting

8. Why did death not ransom you, the adornment
Of beauty, the most gentle and radiant of all?

9. Mercy and greetings to Umm Bakr
From you, though distant, I wish and advise

10. Luxurious, if a speck comes between her
And the edges of her cloak, it would scratch

11. My eyes have not seen anyone with cheerfulness
Among people except you, most radiant

12. Alas! I see no more joy after the daughter of light
In anything, nor salt in one who salts his food

13. Still a footprint clasps pride asking
Through it for God's mercy to flow

14. She whom I loved is obstructed by
The long nights and the armored tomb

15. My eyes made me cry every night
Nearly making the tears' course scar my eyes

16. If what spills from my eyes is not blood for me
The borrowed weeping is the most evil of weeping