1. And when the tryst was kept by Salma
And consent was given after insistence's excess

2. There were glimpses in the full moon from which
A ray awakened those set over me

3. I seek, without attaining what I hope for from it
And I have become from it like the young, inexperienced gazelle

4. So I said, having despaired of meeting
And I returned to yearning and longing

5. And I will not go back to what has passed me by
With ardent desire, nor misery, nor softness