1. Alas! Is there no way after this separation
That each lover may complain of what he suffers?

2. In the days of union I would pass the dark nights
Burning with longing upon coals of desire.

3. But now in estrangement how can I endure
When fate has hastened what I feared?

4. The nights pass and I see no end to the separation,
Nor can patience free me from the chains of longing.

5. May God water a land where you dwell
With heavy downpours and abundant rain.