1. Measures from your eyelids have changed my state
I tasted love after I had been empty

2. Passion pierced me with unleashed arrows
Irresistibly destined and with a judging sword

3. It clothed me in the garb of grief, so I wore it
Though it squeezed me, I loved it as my robe

4. Love is but obedience and concession
Though they describe it abundantly and profoundly

5. It is but the eyes meeting with the eyes
Though they diversify its causes and incentives

6. To me, love is its object, not its attributes
If asked what is love, I say it is her

7. In me was happiness, my life present
It left me; I long for my distant life

8. I gave my soul up cheaply for its love
One in love does not prefer anything costlier

9. Nor did the slanderers' words arouse suspicion
Like these tears that freely flow

10. I say to those I bade farewell, though my heart
Against my will, travels with their hearts

11. Your eyelids are safety for my heart in love
Love is enough as a cup, cheer, and pourer

12. And do not let it between your cheek and grace
Be so unjust as to draw close to two fires

13. Nor has the wound of the spear-thrust healed
So be gentle with it, not with separation's stab