1. The virgins' pavilions were erected,
And beauty swore it would not leave them.

2. Silent maids whose throats were choked,
They cannot speak to us though their collars speak.

3. Shy does and gazelles belonging to them,
With their bodies the bangles on their ankles speak.

4. She refused any perfume to scent her
Except what her necklace that adorns her breasts emits.

5. Is it a garden that has revealed its beauty,
And its branches embrace its dripping dew?

6. The rose has innovatively bloomed on its branch,
And anemones have split from its ground.

7. Its jewelry has tempted the onlookers,
And its gardens have captivated their eyes.

8. Or is it a full moon that has risen with its wonders,
A garden adorned with its paths?

9. Its craftsman has perfectly created it,
And its tender has gracefully adorned it.

10. By God, Abu Hassan, the most high swore,
And the most high had pledged to him before.

11. He won the bet swiftly,
And what stressed him was relieved.

12. By God, these words bear
Meanings that their subtleties exhaust.

13. Their eloquence almost makes one doubt
That they conform to the composition of a surah.

14. I wish safety that predicts salvation from
The evils of an affliction feared by its knocker.

15. It is as if it is our house, though its describer has not seen it,
Its caller to passion, and its confidante.

16. It is as if it is the absence of the sentinel, and I
Stole a look, pilfering its glance.

17. I wished from it what days, if they endured,
Would not accomplish its burden.

18. With it the dawns of youth ramble,
Endlessly, not tiring their rider.

19. Take them as their pacts have been harvested,
And their towering aspirations attached to bliss.

20. I adjure you by God, when you recite it,
And directly, without guile its confidant.

21. That you do not deliberately raise its flag,
To fill the lowly with its swelling.

22. Yes, live in bliss as long as the sun of any day rises
And its ascending rays scatter.