1. My soul ransoms you from every abode,
And welcome is your phantom to one longing.

2. You gave your eyelids for her without regret,
And who regrets giving all to one who gave freely?

3. I said I would see you despite the blamer,
So the passionate turned from the blamer.

4. Woe to the bereaved even his dreams,
If he visits, some obstacle interferes.

5. Ribs of chastity yearn toward you
In an emaciated body grown thin.

6. A heart breaking with passion
Clings to a leaning pillar.

7. From love's wantonness with lovers
Comes the slain's yearning for the killer.

8. I neglected the wine cup till it overflowed,
Yet I have manners, I'm no negligent one.

9. It healed, but my conscience did not heal,
What can the inanimate know of sensibility?

10. My boon companion stays intoxicated by it
Drinking of my noble nature.

11. I dispense it generously whenever
It appears to me like molten gold.