1. I have no constancy in love,
If my beloved does not visit me.

2. How can I reciprocate one for whom
My life is less than a speck of dust?

3. If I complain I am called a liar,
Or if I complain my complaints are disdained.

4. Oh servant I am done, so let me be,
Unconcerned if we never meet again.

5. If you say, die in your place, I die,
Or if you say, live on, I live on in my death.

6. You have punished me unjustly for a sin,
So my enemies rejoice at my misfortune.

7. For what I have inflicted upon myself
I pray to God for you in my prayers.

8. Woe to me for a companion who berated me!
Better than the barrenness of the desert,

9. Half sweet as honey and half
As sweet as spring water.