XXXII: Thy fair face, and thy musky mole, are…

Thy fair face, and thy musky mole, are associated together,
Or Mahmud and Ayaz are sitting together, bosom friends.

What matter, though thy countenance is hidden by thy curls?
The water of immortality itself is, in total darkness, concealed.

From thy curls, thy ruby lips, and thy face, are produced
The night, the glow of sunset, and the dawn of day.

Is it the teeth, in thy sweet mouth, that shine so lustrously,
Or are there glittering dewdrops in the bud of the rose?

'Tis not that my heart, alone, is pierced by thy glances:
The knife and the flesh, of old, are hostile to each other.

Without floods of tears, the dark eye deigneth not to look on one:
The opening of the narcissus dependeth on the rivulet's humidity.

Peace, without trouble and affliction, no one hath acquired;
But thy cruelty, and thy constancy, are blessings unto me.

Through the good fortune attendant on the meed of thy beauty,
Throughout the world resoundeth the fame of Rahman's rhymes.