1. The message came from the one I love and made me happy
Sweet words, and what its right hand wrote

2. I rushed to read its contents and kiss it
Ten times. And my excuse is that I did not understand its meaning

3. O you who thought my excuse was weak and disdainful
Someone else longing for his she-camel wished for it

4. His need was not in loving his she-camel
But his soul's need he concealed

5. The excuse becomes, its pillars not weakening
For lovers, of excuses the strongest

6. The spider's house in the building is the weakest
And the secret in its weakness, the cave strengthened it

7. If the causes are hidden, do you forgive
Why the message many times did we read it!

8. I found for my excuse what justifies it
For I have kissed letters her mouth touched

9. Whoever tries love, the causes are clear
Were it not for blame, we would not have revealed them