1. If my beloved does not visit me,
I retreat to my garden for company.

2. Its green plants cheer me
And remind me of my love's memory.

3. They bring me joy and pleasure
And take away my sorrows and sadness.

4. I see in it gazelles, shaded by trees
As though smiling with wonder and delight.

5. And flowers whose scattered glow
Is like the eyes of a girl gazing at her lover.