1. Alas! My tortured heart cannot be softened,
Nor does the arrow care if I am wounded.

2. I wish I had a word to confide in
But my explanation and elucidation are too narrow for it.

3. May the wind carry its meaning and take it
To the one who knows not what pains me,

4. Then suddenly enlighten him from where he feels secure
With a flash that illuminates my heart and reveals me.

5. Neither hope grows fertile in the barrenness of time,
Nor do the winds of passion blow across its desert.

6. Nor do the paradises of beauty ignite
With the fire of love and the wounds of the wretched.

7. I have become so accustomed to lament
That without yearning I feel odd behaviors in me.

8. My sorrows have strengthened me
While my heart weakened me, so I make it dissipate and dissipate me.

9. I weep for my life in this world and mourn it -
Who will weep for me when I die?

10. If passion flowed like a steady river,
But it is the sea that tempts me only to destroy me.

11. If there was certain death in love I would rejoice in it,
But something dreadful keeps me alive.

12. It burns my heart and heals it only to burn it again,
Like a flickering lamp, leaving me to lament.

13. This is the hell you’ve heard about,
Oh God's mercy, shelter every lover.