1. My friends console my aching heart
For I have fallen for her charm

2. All praise be to God, my Lord
I got what I deserved, no harm

3. I don’t blame love for my state
It’s my own doing, my fate

4. He called and I came running
Leaving behind my comrades

5. Oh love, you captivate my soul
If you’re not pleased I can’t be whole

6. And torture my spirit and mind
In every way, shape and kind

7. How I’ve racked my head for you
And bruised my side black and blue

8. Bearing this heavy, grueling load
All for my beloved's abode

9. You kill me, you and God on high
While you sit pretty; watch me die

10. I came to my love, my life
With the seal of God, pure and right

11. I was the first alive to dare
Reveal my burning love affair

12. You only bring me grief and pain
One sorrow after another again

13. Selling my devotion for your disdain
And your war for my peace in vain

14. I'm ready to sacrifice my all
For your fleeting glance to enthrall

15. You know my love but pretend
If you wished, you would defend

16. This wouldn’t happen, but instead
You feign life while love is dead

17. Abu Ali Ibn Nasr I implore
No truth in lies anymore

18. My feet didn’t walk anywhere
Until my heart walked me there