1. When the moon's rays encircle the earth,
When the wind mourns,

2. And lightning flashes in the sky,
When dawn opens the narcissus’ eyes,

3. I weep for a flower that weeps
With unrelenting tears.

4. Fate has disappointed her,
She found no joy in the sunrise,

5. On my thirsty eyelids
Longing for the friends and dawn.

6. The light has prepared the path:
Why has the night enwrapped you in its wings?

7. Illuminate the heart of the world
And hide your brilliance in my wounds!

8. I see destinies, O beauty,
As a home for your bloody wound.

9. I show it where the arrow landed
That the archer has aimed,

10. Give me the radiant morning
To kiss this dark planet,

11. Let it sip the lights
From its noble spring,

12. And let the tears of dawn
Kiss the sunset,

13. Do not cry over your days
Or grieve over the past,

14. The universe is yours, so delight
In the beauty of the universe by touch

15. Take the flowers in your hands,
For the thorns are in my soul!

16. When night comes
And silence spreads in the valley,

17. Take the lyre and be inspired
By its roaming, wistful chords

18. And shake the stars gently
For a star without a guide,

19. Perhaps the melody will summon
The light of the gentle mercy!

20. When the sparrow twitters
In its nest,

21. And cuts through the garden with melodies
From branch to branch,

22. My cheerful, mellifluous thoughts come to you,
Singing my poems to you

23. And shepherding the world of beauty!
When dew melts

24. On the green leaves,
And a ewer of musk pours scent

25. Into the buds,
I call the nymphs of dreams

26. From their magical world
To melt the melody in your eyes

27. And the passions in my chest!
You have known love, O Eve,

28. Or is it still unknown?
Why do you not carry a heart

29. Prone to passions and unsettled?
Describe it, describe it happily,

30. Sadly, and distracted!
And how did I feel the pain

31. At first sight?
Who is your beloved?

32. Or what is the image of passion?
You were inspired, O Eve,

33. And inspiration, by the heart,
It is the heart, it is love,

34. And what is the world to love?
Nothing but revealed secrets

35. And torn veils!
Ask the lyre, which composer

36. Has sung to it?
And which infatuated woman's fingers

37. Have played a melody upon its strings?
Containing hopes, and sorrows,

38. And joy, and grief,
Containing settled times, and eras too

39. In lyrics and in meaning!
Come, beauty, from your downcast gaze!

40. I complain of a night
Submerged in lights!

41. And who illuminated it
But the twin of light?

42. Who called it but the houris' eyes?