1. My beloved has forgotten me,
The one with kohl-lined eyes.

2. If he is absent from my sight,
He has settled in my heart.

3. My yearning for him from afar persists,
And its fire rages within.

4. Sleep has deserted my eyelids
Throughout the long, restless night.

5. If he would show me some mercy,
Beauty would adorn our meeting.

6. Love has become my religion—
How could I turn away from it?

7. Whether he forgot or remembers me,
I have not changed toward him.

8. O my heart, have mercy on me!
For in you, my mind is disturbed.

9. You think my sighs mean slumber,
But my sleep has departed.

10. O my solace, O my solace,
Have mercy on my confused heart!

11. Without you, O my absent one,
What can possibly be done?

12. Reproach me, leave me be—
I cannot hear or accept.

13. O my friend, come to my aid!
I have no distraction like my work.

14. By the Prophet, I swear
None compares to my first love.