1. I aspired to the highest with the ambition of one helpless,
Yet I was called to come close without any barrier.

2. And I was told that before attaining union
There is retribution for striving to attain it.

3. While my heart and I, what enemy
Observes the states of mankind and glory?

4. I see sacrificing my soul for your love as a duty,
And my stinginess with it in loving you is not proper.

5. You are my heart and the comfort of my thoughts,
You are my goal, not the attainment of prizes.

6. And in private a supplicant, if you answered his prayer
You would be the companion of the wild in the midst of the deserts.