1. Alas! My heart, when you left and departed,
Became the next day wandering behind the gazelles flying.

2. Enduring the bitterness of death from the pain of love.
I have nothing left but sighing and moaning.

3. You left and went away, had you been merciful, between us
My day of ordeal would have been easier.

4. I had prepared for the day we parted,
But what I prepared did not help.

5. What I prepared for being away from you failed me
And the armies of patience deserted me and were illusions.

6. If on the day we parted you had lent
Your hearts to me, I surely am patient.