1. The sea waves have mercy on me, for I
See the fire of youth in my ribs

2. Do not be stingy with me as you have reached
The limits with my flowing tears

3. I spent the night crying out from my passion
But my passion did not reach the Listener

4. The sea gazelles and the does appeared
Like the crescent moon at dawn

5. I looked at them while my heart was empty
So it remained inhabited by meadows

6. Those who advised me advised against my passion
And I was never an obedient one

7. O sea what are these floating bodies
As if they were light in the belly of darkness

8. And what are the maidens exuding life
Between an alluring eye or a houri

9. Anchored, calm waves are their playground
They are most gentle like little birds

10. I sang to the sand and the beauty gliding on it
David would be amazed at these melodies

11. I went down to swim, may the water benefit me
And the sea strikes waves with waves

12. The face's dawn, its rising illuminates the night
Like lamps, turbulent and heaving

13. I came to ask Satan
Is there any shame in stealing the cheeks of the beautiful?

14. Is it forbidden, with this flowering gray hair
For one to become a statue of crookedness?