1. I suffer the pain of love from one who suffers my heart
And I care for him, yet he cares not for my love

2. I want her life, and she wants me dead
With estrangement, indifference, or separation

3. And I weep for her, yet she laughs, filled with mirth
While I stay up, she is in sweet slumber

4. My eyes grow blind when she turns away
While her eyes grow blind to my desires

5. She shuns me though no sin of mine she sees
So I have sinned while the pious she perceives

6. And I complain of her estrangement, but she does not listen
To my lament, and persists in growing distant

7. I offer my soul to kiss her lips
But she refuses me and I return rejected

8. I pardon her grave sins, while she counts
My faults at the time of reckoning

9. I humble myself, so she grows more lost
And in my estrangement I see her become more stubborn

10. She does not cease to be one of pride
Nor do I cease in my humility to call her

11. There is no shame for the beloved in humility
The path of love is humiliation to attain the desire

12. The pleasure of the beloved has no equal
But through humility, nothing else will work

13. Oh you who judges me for a barren gazelle
Indeed my heart has become its pasture

14. And how strange, the lion fears my power
Yet a gazelle prevents my wants

15. What but that he has a beauty
That has seized my soul with the possession of blackness

16. The sultan of beauty has a pride
Above the owner of horses and the generous steed

17. This action is forgivable and virtuous
If one day I refuse to keep my vow

18. For if you accept me, I will show you
A cheerful face, with jest and without gloom

19. My friend, if you come to me one day
With good tidings of union and affection

20. Then if the news brings delight to my soul
Take it with charm and gentle voice

21. While people covet treasures and goods
The daughter of the prince, you are my treasure and provision