What chaos your beauty unleashed upon the world,
For not even for a moment can one turn away from you.
The calamity of your ruthless, bloodthirsty glances—
What pain they brought to the hearts of kind lovers!
That day, I abandoned reason and peace,
When fate spread the tale of you throughout the land.
Neither garden nor grove remained as they were,
For your cypress-like form rose and stirred unrest among them.
Show me kindness, and do not cast me from your sight,
For my enemies have spoken against me for loving you.
To those who would turn their gaze away from your eyes,
What a pity to waste such beauty, rivaling the moon in the sky.
One day, this tale will reach my friends:
How Saadi left for his beloved and gave up his life.