1. O my heart, why do you seek refuge in fright?
Is it from youth or from tearful sorrow?!

2. No young man gained respite from his misery
Until he fell into stumbling and cracking.

3. The neighing of sorrow in this enclosure faded;
How many noble horses have snapped from the spring!

4. And if your beloved turns away from you once,
Then be gentle with him and let intimacy intercede.

5. My hopes were nonsense upon nonsense, a perception
From one hostile under the influence of passion.

6. Is there a way for me out of the districts of passion?
Departure has drawn near and I have not attained my goal.

7. Can the heart of one sick from intimacy
Be equal to the heart of a friend sitting comfortably?

8. A thirsty one whose life the thirst has uncovered
Or a hungry one, how can he be sated by meeting you?

9. Sleep in a heart noisy from the injustice of passion,
Shattered by the hand of fate, ripped apart.

10. 2/6/2020