1. For your eyes, we endured what we endured
And with deprivation and humiliation, we were content

2. And it was disgraceful when you showed affection, even if only in my imagination
And where is your imagined beloved self? Where?

3. Come, for the living no longer have any joy
And homes have become desolate and feeble after your absence

4. Darkness flowed over their windows
Though once they shone like a thousand eyes

5. Come, for I saw the universe sympathize
With me, and realize my heavy sorrow

6. The stars shone for me, but I spurned them
I want none but you as my star

7. I wait with my sight and hearing
As I’ve waited for you all my days

8. For what is love but waiting
My winter for you waits for spring

9. I see endless ruins engulf me like a
Deep, vast ocean with no shore

10. The darkness commands me until
It's as if I’m descending the depths of a cave

11. Storms rage mockingly
And stab me with the tips of their spears

12. Then show mercy after their cruelty, but move on
To knock on every window and door

13. I cried out to them until my throat dried
When I fell silent, my lament reproached me

14. And torment revealed the depth of my wound
And the deeper wound of pride

15. And when your gaze did not meet my eyes
I glimpsed you coming in my heart’s conscience

16. So I hear the footfall of footsteps
And listen closely to the rustle of a robe

17. And I imagine, as I wish, an illusion
And draw near hopes and the beloved

18. And I create, as I wish, a conversation
With an intimate who has become close to my heart

19. I reach out my hands to him in yearning
Complaining to him with held back tears

20. But my heart outstrips me in meeting him
Then grows cold in my chest

21. So emotions rage mockingly
And stab me with the tips of their spears

22. Then show mercy after their cruelty, but move on
To knock on every window and door