1. Honor the face of the rider embracing his mount
He tells us that tomorrow we will meet

2. The veil on my heart I cast off as a worn-out cloak
The glad tiding is a gift upon the ardent lover

3. You see them carry the burden of longing
The message of the lovelorn to the free spirit

4. And they questioned the phantom, asking it
"Do you know who of our lovers remains?"

5. I am the one whom on the morn of parting
The bonds of captivity seized, and I was not freed

6. And whenever his archers proved true in aim
I told them "Aim higher!" though pierced by their arrows

7. How skilled is the cook you have
He roasted with fire, yet did not burn

8. There is no gloom but in its inhabitants
The sun's radiance remains in the east

9. My chest bears the stab wounds if their tents
Became, at daybreak, the dwellings of the shining white

10. Like the eggs of the grouse hen
Sheltered in white and blue

11. O eradicator of the water springs! You have destroyed the meadows
How much can this arid heart still yield?

12. It is the nature of water to flow downward, so why
Does the water of my heart never surge?

13. You'd think in my eyes there were clouds, or
The generosity of the mighty ruler who pours forth