1. My hair cascades like a halo around my forehead
Who will aid me against love? Who will aid me?

2. He drank one wine then switched to another
With a glance like an unsheathed sword

3. His eyelids toyed with me, so is there
A cure for me before you lose me?

4. My friends, consider my miserable state
My eyes brimmed with tears and became bleary

5. If he visits me, he visits a contented youth
A sip of his affection would suffice me

6. My tears have wept more than my heart
And restraint suffices the freed captive

7. The mole has vanished from you beneath
His lips though not from my eyes

8. You were intoxicated by a sip from my heart
While we by a wink from his eyelids

9. Oh generous one, be generous and spend
My soul on me and be not stingy

10. My Lord, why do I see them in love with me
My admirers, as if they are lovers?

11. You have decided, so be merciful if you decide
And gently take me as befits the noble

12. Like a thief, so beware of stealing what is
In his mouth of precious pearls and gems

13. Forgive me if my words stammer
Who will aid me against love? Who will aid me?

14. Competing beauties are the best of beauties
And the eyes of a beauty are the best eyes