1. Oh, if only I knew if you still remember me,
For your memory in this life is most beloved to me.

2. Oh, if only I knew if you would visit me someday,
So you pardon the wounds of love's sorrows.

3. My yearning for you has been so long, and my craving,
While you remain smiling, not feeling my troubles.

4. Yes, no love is without sorrow,
But my wound from your love still bleeds.

5. I knew that love has arrows,
But I did not know how they would strike.

6. I called to you, O bird of hearts, beware
The snares of love, for the sky is vast.

7. For if you stare at its traps,
You will live a life of sorrow and grief.

8. I was free like you, happy,
Coming and going, with no thoughts or cares.

9. But oh, those days when I think of them!
They drive me mad with angry passion.

10. Dreams tell me you have made me happy,
But those are merely lovely delusions.

11. For how could that be when my life has withered and the
Dew no longer falls on the branches?

12. I have faded like the flower missed by the rain,
And melted away like a candle's flame.

13. O light of my life, there is darkness in my heart,
So shine on me, for the sky has set.

14. O light of my life, why have you shunned me,
And why has your gaze turned away though you are my remedy?

15. O bird of my love, do you fear my devotion
And hate that a poet adores you so?

16. O bird of my love, if only you would sing the melody
That restores my life to bountiful freshness!

17. There is no peace in my veins, so I reap
The harvest of madness, for I am so near.

18. Else, pour the poison in the cup and let me drink,
For a life of despair holds no sweetness.