1. Does he who loved fulfill his promise of love?
Or does he rather preserve his vow?

2. Passion overwhelmed my heart, else
My heart would not have felt such agony.

3. A lover slept through the night, dreaming of his beloved,
While the eyes of the wakeful were lined with kohl.

4. When he sought to draw near, he was pushed back in rejection;
When he desired closeness, the distance grew wider.

5. My soul vainly struggled in love,
For hopes ever elude and torment the soul.

6. I thought the gazelle might enjoy companionship,
But the ostrich spurned him and turned away.

7. I pondered whether the bough might bend in sympathy,
But it straightened and rose higher instead.

8. Thirsty, I beheld a shimmering mirage,
Kindling the breasts with false hopes.

9. My heart, in its love for you, suffered torment.
O you who deny the sweetness of love!

10. O gardens of soft cheeks, may you last, though
My eyes can no longer cull roses from your gardens.

11. I have tasted the bitterness of your disdain repeatedly,
So give me now a taste of the sweetness of your lips.

12. I have poured out my love for you, and your beauty -
Both are beyond any words to confine.

13. If your beauty awakens the sleeper, I have been
roused from heedlessness to passion and agony by love for you.