1. O you whom the night enfolded in its wilderness,
A spirit wandering in its darkness,

2. You glance at me in its corners,
The heart yearns for the straying, lost one.

3. If you thirst for me as I have thirsted for you,
Faithfulness would gather misfortune and misery.

4. O my wish, life was cruel to you,
And its mighty decrees were severe on me.

5. Alas for you, a wandering soul,
While the universe is mysteries too narrow for discussion.

6. You pass fleetingly and a passer-by speeds,
And shadows pass which the gloom conceals.

7. In your cheeks there is glowing and darkness,
And in your eyes tears and confusion,

8. And so do days pass you by,
Unknown, and their torment unknown.

9. Would that before our meeting, O my paradise,
You had not gained from me a felicitous word;

10. And as is the way of misfortunate luck and my habit,
I came after the loss of my only star.

11. Destinies succeed each other and they are harmful,
How many a night we spent awake and day broke faith!

12. As if this space is a sin,
And as if the whisper of its breeze seeks forgiveness.

13. As if it is the sorrows of people who journeyed,
These are their disasters and there are their shadows.

14. The palaces are empty and the walls remain
Like a frozen shroud and with it statues.

15. Blackness spread over the existence of the houses,
And their wailing and tears crept up to me.

16. As if on an abandoned shore I am
Left by a ship that will not return.

17. It carried hope for us but when it bid farewell
There remained for the onlooker, after its departure,

18. Only the phantom of a happiness that has departed
And farewell to loved ones and a traveller's tears.