1. In the night his cheek's radiance guides me,
Its charm I cannot evade.

2. Or lightning from the clouds makes me see
His eyes with pouring tears inundated.

3. Though the full moon may decrease, its essence
Stays perfect, nothing subtracted.

4. His posture sways not except to humble
The bending boughs with grace saturated.

5. His cheek took all the beauty, and my heart
He overwhelmed with his disdain belated.

6. Would that when to my heart his aloofness dealt
He had also given union elated!

7. Say to him, my love, be gentle with
A doting lover whom you dominated.

8. Inherit from a doter whom fate
Has never let his plaints be placated.

9. For his estrangement I make sleep a duty,
Hoping to be blessed with his specter created.