1. To my beloved master, the redeemer
The spring of virtue and the blossoming meadow

2. To the one whose hands have always been with us
Like necklaces around our necks

3. Love makes me waver and bend
For reasons that pass dangerously

4. The prince asked about me yesterday
And why I'm not going on the journey

5. It is customary for great men
To ask after their juniors

6. And they said, "Why don't you go to him
So you may return happy and rewarded?"

7. But I did not reveal to them the essence of my matter
Or make known what was in my conscience

8. It was not my intention to avoid visiting him
Nor was my absence from his palace intentional

9. No, by your father, I cannot do without him
Like a thirsty man cannot do without cold water

10. Without his sanctuary I have no blossoming
Without his spring I have no streams

11. My days with him are flashes of lightning
My nights without him are nights of the blind

12. The sternness of an unsmiling doorman
Prevents the slave from entering his master's door

13. I found the doorman at his door charging
Fiercer than a vicious dog

14. The dog kept barking insults at me
Increasing his barking and howling

15. I disliked answering him
For I do not respond to evil

16. Have you ever seen a dog protecting
The ferocious lion in the jungle?

17. Whom shall I complain to about the barrier?
Who will help me and accept my excuse?