1. Say to the beauty in red silk
What have you done to an arrogant poet?

2. Who used to graze the star in the orbit of the Highest
And today grazes your pearl necklace

3. The pearl is like the star shining
On your smooth, delicate, blooming cheek

4. If your face is two gardens for a lover
Then grant the heat of fire the coolness of Kauthar

5. Beauty is a sultan and you are a queen
So you have surpassed with the kingdom of love the Lady of Tadmur

6. So if you see humility from the lover
For God's sake, O beautiful one, do not be arrogant

7. Poetry is the language of angels, so know
From it, the feelings of a grieving lover

8. If you do not heed my words, O lass
Have patience, for victory is for the patient

9. Yearning has melted me, so melt gently
For your cinched waist the gentleness of my waist