1. If your beauty is absent from me
Then your image is still before me

2. My master, how are you?
Nothing but gentleness is your state

3. I implore you by the covenant between us
Do not deprive me of your company

4. Your glances have illuminated me
From the tender gaze of your eyes

5. By God, O slender-waisted one
Do not prolong your estrangement and aloofness

6. Since your separation I have become immersed
And my eyes are tearful

7. O you of radiant cheek
Your reply is what I await

8. By God, were it not for my shyness before you
I would reveal to you my hidden love

9. O object of my desire
I am melting from the distance

10. O surpassing in grace
More delicate than the tender gazelle

11. If you are absent, O sweet one
Then the thought of you accompanies me

12. So my soul is devoted to you
And my body and wealth are yours

13. O kohl of purest ebony
When will we meet again?

14. Do not prolong our separation
I am wasting away from longing

15. When will my torment cease?
That I may savor the sweetness of union

16. And say to him whatever occurs to me
Why do you prolong estranging me, my dear one?

17. By God, if your estrangement departs
And I kiss your cheek and mouth

18. And taste your coolness and passion
And embrace your magic and neck

19. Move your supple waist with your belt
And savor your wine and drink

20. And say, O sweet ecstasy
And match you in your attributes