1. O you who play with my life
And migrate with no gain

2. And abstain from my union
And gloat at my enemies

3. And carry my heart from me
On the peaks of a canal

4. And dwell the soul in darkness
Imprisoning passion from my sighs

5. This is my message to you
Its ink my tears

6. If I had from you but half
Or a receptive ear for my troubles

7. My heart would not be held captive
By rising stars

8. O singular in example
With no peer in virtues

9. A full moon is your face
With the eye of a gazelle of the wilderness

10. Alone in bliss
Among the gazelles, companions mine

11. Wandering among fellow gazelles
In summer and winter pastures

12. Your neck a gazelle’s neck
Your side lock a girl’s side lock

13. Masculine when in view
Feminine in seclusion

14. Above a smooth cheek it shines
Lighting the darknesses