1. The springtime of my youth for love of you I've spent,
And my life from hardship with you has passed away.

2. I, who if I had passed by your home calling you,
Though in my grave, would have replied.

3. They said, "Your lover is excessive in affection,"
And cruel to lovers. I said, "Would that he were!"

4. Could I seek to escape from my hardship upon him?
No, by He who made Mecca His house!

5. How can I expose myself to oblivion and your love
When I bought it for life's days with my feet?

6. God has an illness in hearts for love of Him
That grows worse the more I treat it.