1. By what miracle of love do we agree,
O heart, dawn and dusk never meet.

2. O heart, today we met a miracle,
That almost shines in the darkness of night.

3. I wondered how she could love me,
A remnant of my life burning away.

4. I met her while sparks of light bled,
Floating and sinking or rising and clinging.

5. I did not know when dawn appeared to me,
If I saw it or the glowing sunset.

6. O you who gave white wishes an excuse,
With these white wishes I suffocate.

7. Where is the hoped calm around her?
I returned and my night is still sleepless.

8. I came reciting love poems to her,
But gained nothing as my heart wavered.

9. Neither with hearts nor souls, O my hope,
We embrace something beyond the soul.

10. Woe to your white palm when outstretched
At greetings, and woe when withdrawn.

11. Can the Nile hear us passing by,
Its waves gathered and scattered?

12. A voice surging in my soul answered,
From the heart's side a wave clashed.

13. She continues to steal from my ear,
As if from the unseen's secrets she steals.

14. O paradise of God's gardens I worship,
You will not distance me, my charm and fragrance.