1. Oh the living one! If you are going to Labuna today,
Send her my regards before you meet her,

2. And give her sincere advice from me though it be little,
Fear not the slanderers however mean they are.

3. Say: I yearn for the dancing maidens in the hills of Jemmah,
Where they await the announcer's call.

4. I keep you from some troublesome affairs,
And fear for you the hostile aggressors.

5. My soul falls when I see you downcast,
Returning with only woeful tidings.

6. Whether I live or perish, I'll not cease to be,
For long, your vigilant keeper though my tongue goes dry.

7. When passion makes my soul ascend, I say
A sigh besieges me, oh what is it!

8. Between my throat and bosom is a heat from me,
And a burning desire leaving my heart distracted.

9. Oh, would that Labuna were not my confidante!
Would that Labuna had not seen me, nor knew what I was!

10. Ask the people: did I confide your secret to them?
To a trusted brother or a treacherous foe?

11. I go from house to house, perhaps I may
Unburden my soul in secret when alone.

12. Though I have no drowsiness, I cover my face,
Hoping your phantom comes to meet mine.

13. Those who censured you when we broke apart said:
By my life! Today you bear what you see!

14. And you were warned of Labuna whom once you sought.