1. Many a night whose horizon has cleared
With what God has created, glowing

2. A gentle breeze blows in it
As if the night were a fragrant garden

3. I said: Oh Lord for whom have you adorned it
And for whom are these shining gems

4. The horizon darkened in gloom and
Clouds longing for the moon's face appeared

5. As it drew near, they stretched out
Like greedy hands waiting

6. I called to the moon, awaken your vow
Reach the halo, surrounded by danger

7. Do not uncover the table of light for them
Do not uncover it for the pitch blackness

8. Thunder roared and rumbled mockingly
As if the thunder were a drunken Arab

9. I rose up terrified and my hand moved
To grasp, then relaxed weakly

10. My heart yearned for beauty when
The raven croaked and the wolf jeered

11. The rose shelters with thorns, for if
Much is plucked, thorns cannot suffice

12. Alas for a branch heavy with fruit
And for the greedy eyeing that yield

13. Alas for doubt, for love, for
Obsessions, suspicions, and caution

14. Blackness covered the horizon that was not
But a cloud crouched above thought

15. Often I've said to my heart whenever
A death rattle sounded in my chest

16. If she betrayed and broke our love
Add that to the other wounds