1. Intense longing and union of two lovers
I wish I knew what was wrong with being apart

2. I wish I knew, when they blamed and reproached
If in my cheeks and in my eyes

3. Will I allow their blame in my ears
When my excuse stood with the blamers

4. The lord of love made me worship him
So by him I seek refuge from any partner with my God

5. And according to the reproachers my only sin
Is that I see his approval in a second of two

6. And how hard I sought with it days, striving
Seeking to repay my precious soul’s debts with debts

7. And how much in yearning, anguished, I spent
The setting of my two eyes, not complaining of where

8. With the tears of an eye that refused what was in my conscience
Until he would make it tears without an eye