1. The glances of your eyelids, are they mischievous or flirtatious?
For they make havoc of hearts wherever they turn.

2. They reached my heart, though I have no hope
of ever attaining union with you.

3. Did the north wind make those branches sway
Or did they bend of their own accord?

4. Those branches are my undoing,
though they originate from that firmly rooted tree.

5. From them I attained happiness,
yet fulfillment with you eludes me.

6. You are the one whose love
has confounded minds and confused reason.

7. You are the one endowed with perfect beauty,
though you have done nothing to gain it.

8. I have come to love one who, by loving me,
has killed me, though I am the slain.

9. No narcissus touched by your eyelids' dew
has faded, not a rose in your cheeks withered.

10. Be just in your love before the time comes
when we must part, for departure is near.

11. Unite me with the one I love, for our days
in this world are fleeting and few.

12. My night is dark, your hair pitch black,
both are long and dense with shadow.

13. My eyes are kohl the lids moisten
and mix into a black gritty smear.

14.
Your lips are liquid honey poured clear,

15. your drink pure cold water.
Why should I seek solace far from you