1. You sent her, a virgin adorned at the throat,

    in a resplendent cloak, of houri lineage.

  2. An expert took his time refining her fragrance,

    then poured into her the spirit of the flowers' fragrant bloom.

  3. And dressed her in brocade, fastening its neck-openings

    at her throat, and its skirts at her waist.

  4. Filled with water whose clarity matched her own,

    it appeared like molten gold within solid pearl.

  5. It takes its father's place in my palm, now that he is gone,

    just as you succeeded your forefathers, those illustrious lords.

  6. And at dawn the wind partakes with me of its fragrance,

    then streams toward the horizons, sweetly fragrant.

  7. So, what a kindly one you are, telling of a young man

    solicitous for us in every calamity, and kind.

  8. So if he has greeted me with her, a Persian maiden,

    then I shall greet him with thanks voiced in Arabic.

  9. And many a favor from the noble man is in my keeping, no longer virgin,

    whose face I have unveiled with a virgin rhyme.

Sol 6.1