1. My consoler, whose heart ignited its fire
And love estranged me, bypassing its path

2. My spirit took flight for him into the far horizon
Exulting in the refinement of its ways

3. Do not grieve, my eye, if you did not behold
A beloved who turned away, so my heart deserted its abode

4. He combined wonders in himself, as though
I had visited the rising sun in its blossoms

5. And roses bloom on his cheek,
Above violets, plentiful is their nectar

6. He won hearts with his physique and his help
A glance of the doe, a sorceress her magic

7. Oh people of excellence, of a man
Who passes his night and day in fervor

8. Passion seized him and disturbed his heart
A gazelle, pure of lineage, an excellent carpenter

9. You have heard, O reproachers, of a beauty
That resembles the morning glittering in its lights

10. I did not forget a night of intimacy which I attained
Near him, in a meadow scented with its flowers

11. While the plain entices you, and its clouds pour down
I became drunk, and the cups overflowed with their rain

12. The flowers glitter in the sky and clear up
And the flowers have adorned the land with their gold

13. And my gazelle, sweet of nature, my companion
Who combined dignity with the beauty of his raiment

14. The fragrance of flowers clung - I did not know whether
It was his scent alone or the perfume rubbed onto him

15. I spent a night of intimacy that did not pall
Toward the generous one, from his fervor an early riser

16. I smelled his cheek and my craving increased
Yearning for him, multiplying my seeking of forgiveness

17. Oh! That time and its kindness
Which has gone to reside in my sigh of remembrance

18. The beloved broke the covenants of passed days
So it was as though, O Mays, I was his neighbor

19. O heart, have patience - do not be neglectful
For time passes and its cycles fade away