1. I heard with my ears the melody of the arrow in my heart
And glimpsed with my eyes the flash of playfulness in my wonder

2. And I touched with my palms every opportunity that came
To bring me closer to one sin and take me away from another

3. And I tasted with my mouth a pleasure that arouses passion
Yet here I am, because of that sweetness, in turmoil

4. I smelled with my nose the fragrance of comfort and rest
With which I follow the traces of every lie

5. Yet I only increased in ignoring heedlessly
As if I were in the east but leaning toward the west

6. These are but the senses of a losing business
Wavering between loss and gain

7. With them I hoped for life like one seeking
His ruin in his own misguided tools

8. So it is no wonder that my nose has conspired against me with my palms
And no one has rebelled against me but my own heart

9. Had it not been for my hands I would never have been corrupted
Had it not been for my mouth I would not have enjoyed food or drink

10. And there would not have flowed from me hurtful words
With slander, insult and abuse in their arena

11. So O breaths that I would inhale
With you I knew my illness and my ration is enough

12. The five senses attacked me with their arrows
Dual in their shooting, triple in their curvature

13. Naturally quadrilateral, passionate quintuple
Circumstantial sextuple, warring septuple

14. They struck me openly and secretly with their missiles
And it goes without saying, one who sees the core of the mind

15. It is their way to appear and hide from prohibition
Yearning for the east and disgusted with the west

16. And beneath them flow waters of bitterness
With seven springs mixing the bitter and the sweet

17. So lie in ambush with the eye of reason at their doors, be resolute
And if you have resolve, weep at their ruins

18. For God's sake, if you come to the abode and do not find
In its courtyard my companions for an accident, call out

19. And do not remain in the ruins of the winding valley distraught
For how many distraught ones has it made captives

20. Leave the dead writhing in the winding waters
With its two enticing arrows, and come to my flock

21. Take me away if you see me glancing back
And my longing for its ruins in passion has gone on too long

22. Beware residing in a blamed house
And take me away, and do not be surprised if my wonder at you grows

23. And beware the ambitious gaze toward
The king of serpents in intense courage

24. For in war you will not see a war like his war
If you are alone today in the solitude of heart

25. Pass through a valley no son of a planet has treaded
With resolve except that he rose above the clay of dust

26. It has veils that protect you, protected by its veils
Upon its veils, as the veils themselves are in those veils

27. So when I saw resolve beckon me one day with a glance
And stop me on the road of the path

28. I lingered at the door of humility standing
At its doors, between distance and nearness

29. And I continued knocking at the doors of Mary
With the hands of hope until I meet my Lord

30. Imploring her my heart, mind and thoughts
Cautiously until I attained the connection

31. She is the sun in influence and the moon in splendor
She is the brilliant planet among the seven stars

32. She is the secret stone in our alchemy
Seen by the wise man of old from past eras

33. And he perfected it through dissolution and coagulation
Through dissolution from a spirit and through coagulation from dust

34. And brought it out as a generous, immaculate body
Free of innate impurity, flaw, and reproach

35. She is the white pearl in the throne, her secret:
When that throne shakes, she says to it "enough for me"!

36. I am Mary, the mother of intercession and piety
And the mother of perfect hope, success and love

37. Transcend the comparisons, my worth and station
So where is the angelic realm from such nearness

38. If I were a mother to God, then all that
Is seen in universal existence is beneath me except my Lord