1. Shall I deny my tearful eyes when they flow?
And pretend my smiles are not feigned?

2. Yes, I am sad, my love,
The days of our meeting have swiftly gone

3. And now the hour of parting has come
The captain of fate has hoisted the sails

4. I tried to be stoic, but found
Patience had deserted me and strayed

5. With hopeless resignation I lifted
My arms, and sorrow weighed down their strength

6. My lips whispered, though I did not know
Whether I said “to the meeting” or “farewell”

7. I looked at you, a pleading refugee,
But found no shelter or defense

8. For in your eyes grief was a sword
Threatening me, filling me with dread

9. While tears polished it, so it cast
Flashes into your sea-like eyes

10. I did not speak, for mountains
Of sighs silenced my voice

11. Does every farewell lover suffer so
And gulp sorrow like I do?!

12. On parting’s bridge I stood, begging
My heart to return, but it disobeyed

13. When you left me, my love,
Departing from the dwellings and lands

14. I saw the night fill me with darkness
Leaving no ray to console me

15. I wept until my eyelids poured forth
Like a torrent, rushing out

16. And I said in burning grief, my tears will not dry
Nor cease or diminish their flow

17. Until the Merciful reunites us
So we can restore our union and gathering

18. I do not deny my flowing tears, my friend,
Nor veil my face with a mask

19. Nor am I the first lover to
Conceal my sighs deceitfully

20. I have known love as a path to glory
Not as humiliation and submission

21. I was not one who feared the nights
Nor did the brave accept their domination

22. My heart is fearless and does not care
The decrees of fate never vanquished a brave heart

23. I would not accept less than love as my crown
So when it came, I gained more conviction

24. For you, my love, are the crown of my love
The crown of love must be regarded

25. None but the noble have known love
So they gained more loftiness and ascent

26. Since the dawn of creation, it has only been
Like sustenance, which the exalted never lacked

27. So oh Nourisher, will You prolong my life
So I spread love among people everywhere?

28. My love, yesterday my passion was secret, but the day we parted, my tears divulged it
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29. Your departure ignited fires within me
Though you lit aromatic wood of India which was wasted

30. And sent its perfume into every heart
To wrench the sorrow out completely

31. My solace is your voice will come
So I will grant it my heart’s attention

32. And rejoice each day for your call
If uniting with you remains impossible