1. What of the one with anguish and separation
If an apparition of her aided me

2. She came to mind and I reeled, bent with love
Confused by the intoxicant, and the honeybee

3. My promise to that house when it was lit
By a beauty, the best of beauties fled

4. Your loneliness the day fever racked
Neglected your duty, the greatest neglect

5. Return to me, for if with lovers first
You dealt evasively, at the ruins

6. The planets in their orbits made her tilt
Drunk with youth’s wine, drunk with coquetry

7. Her braids delivered her earring’s message
Whispering, from her mouth to her anklet

8. God, how sweet was my devotion to her
Love's submission, the tormentor's cruelty

9. O radiant, shining moon, sister of a gazelle
With a supple, gently swaying gait

10. With your cheek's flood my tears flowed all night
What harm if you answered my question?

11. O breeze of realization, will you convey
Greetings from us to the beloved?

12. By God, only that you carried a greeting
From me to that noble spirit