1. Do you know, O soulmate, do you know
Of the anxieties and patience I have endured

2. Worries that have preoccupied my ardent heart
And a fire that has ignited longing in my chest

3. If I had allowed a tear from my eye
It would have extinguished it and eased some of my pain

4. But I saw the tear as an ocean
That would flood my home and divulge my secret

5. And separate me from my beloved
If he came to mend some of my breakage

6. So I said to it, withhold your tears until
I see my beauty in my palace at night

7. And when my hopes were dashed I said this is not
The darkness of night, but the dawn has shone, so flow