1. Our loved ones, is there still hope after our resolve
Of nearness, or will the time of companionship return?

2. When I remember what was between you and I
My heart almost splits with the memory.

3. The riders departed at dawn hurriedly
While tears fell and sighs arose.

4. They did not hope for recovery from lovesickness, if only
They had returned to the goodness of patience.

5. Why do I implore patience when it fails me?
But it is the way of love to persevere.

6. We were at ease as hopes desired,
Reunited and gathered together.

7. Time unjustly separated us and went on
As if what was in our hands was now out of reach.

8. I did not expect nearness to be followed
By distance, nor that long companionship would cease.

9. I did not reckon that passion would make me lose my mind,
How many lovers before me were deluded by hope!

10. O you who possessed me with love, how beautiful
Patience is, while my eyes long for the sight of you.

11. The world seems narrow in my eyes when
I do not see you in it, though the earth is vast.

12. If only a phantom image of you would visit me,
I would be content with the slightest glimpse.

13. They asked me to describe the encampment where you stayed,
Alas! Apart from it life brings no profit.

14. He who spends the night suffering what I suffered,
Does not know what will come or what will pass.