1. My vitals kindled fire, my tears water
What heat did I find in winter?

2. I knew the weeping of gazelles, but never
Did gazelles distance themselves from me

3. My soul and my neighbor's tooth against my
Neighbor—that is not one of loyalty's conditions

4. My slight glance whitened my cheeks
With the sorcery of the black-eyed beauty

5. And my affliction is the delicate brunette
I love none but the delicate brown one

6. Every loose-eyed one straight of stature
I find to be weak in keeping true

7. They blamed me about the marks of parting when
They wrapped themselves in shyness

8. And my talk of tears is an old acquaintance
It flows into hard, deaf rock

9. Inside my ribs there is a burning ember
And through my eyelids, a sprinkling of water

10. O rosy-cheeked ones, none but you could tempt
Me, with so many temptations

11. My sickness has lasted long, and if the rope were to reach
Healing would not make me happy

12. I blame no one for loving you, safe
From vileness, rescued from the vitals’ trembling

13. How many a sibling has woken envious
And how many a friend among the enemies

14. And to how many have I hidden love stealthily
Had love any hiding places