1. To the peerless individual whose pride
In our west is the scion of the caravans

2. To you, O Abbas’ father, whose fame
Spreads like the aroma of musk igniting, I say:

3. Behold, that husband who came complaining
Of his wife, though the case is complicated

4. She was denied him, though their marriage
Was witnessed by trustworthy men of integrity

5. The dot under the “h” of “permissible” was marked out
So the permissible is no longer a lover, nor the lover permissible