1. O poet of the soul, how much has her death made you weep
You cried over a worn-out ruin

2. You shed tears from an aching eye that left nothing for it
A tear that flows over misery and pains

3. Your time has pained you, yet you pay it no heed
And care not for boons or provisions

4. The nights have made you taste every skillful one
Yet have seen in you nothing but the unyielding

5. We are alike in longing and in determination
Behind a star of dreams flashing

6. My soul lied just as it lied about its lightning
And despite it all, my beliefs were to my wishes

7. The voice of wishes deafens my hearing and its lips
Flash before me the most amazing of deceptions

8. So I bend, unfooled, and how many times
Have hopes seduced me with a glance and a shine

9. To God a scream of passion you have sent
Lost to you in a valley with no passage

10. They are not deaf, but they did not know
The meaning of calling, so missed the caller

11. Except for souls that never understand
For your call was answered by the heart of the aware

12. You call the meanings, obedient they come
When you lean on a step, limping

13. The words and meaning obey you, just as
These worlds obeyed the order of their Creator