1. O night of bliss, I quenched my thirst with you
Your fragrance intoxicated me with memories of you

2. Sometimes we seize it, and it seizes us
Sullen, we demand it and initiate it

3. First we overpower it, then it overpowers us
For we are its knights, and it fells us

4. The palm blazes from its combustion
And the eye regrets to lose sight of it

5. As if there is a kindled fire within it
We fear it at times and make it blind at others

6. Time was its father from the past
He protected it in his lap and raised it

7. In a garden, spring blossomed for it early
Its bushes neighbored its camomile

8. We have soft pillows selected for us
Our ears shaded by its protection

9. And it clinked its goblet, crystal clear
If beauty allowed, it would not transcend it

10. My eyes and its eyes gather a language
Its words contradict its meaning

11. When my gaze seeks it, it has excuses
I recognize its rejection by its expressions

12. It has a language that languages bow to
A lover puzzled it and blinded it