1. I confided in him after my silence,
Is not my secret with me now overt?

2. I will be patient as much as I can be patient,
Until the Merciful fulfills the matter.

3. I send it to you though I do not envy you, my poetry,
While you possess it and answer with poetry.

4. And I wove it to trick you into telling
Of the essence of his mouth, a verse and a verse.

5. And if not for his glances inspiring you something,
I would not have made your poetry of him contain magic.

6. And if with a gesture I spoke my words,
The poem would not have been strung with pearls for you.

7. You detain him and free me with love,
Indeed you have given me sweet and bitter.

8. And make me three without seeing him,
While you are aware of what is in the passionate heart.

9. And you claim you have not broken the rights of our pact,
When you have occupied my heart and thoughts.