1. My master, by Him who chose you alone
O sailor of time, join your lover

2. God decreed that in you I pine
Why then did you kill your lover by estrangement

3. Or is it not strange that you do not kill
By rejection any but your lover

4. So fear God in torturing a lover
And be wary of your negligent Lord

5. It is not just or chivalrous, O bewildered one
To deprive the ardent of your nearness

6. Every anguish suffered by a lover like me
Does not speak or approximate your anguish

7. Oh my heart, how much love you have tasted but
You never tasted anything resembling your love

8. O angel of beauty, be gentle for you have
Terrified the souls of your subjects

9. You have an age that organizes the nights orderly
Yet order for you is to undo what you've woven

10. And a piercing glance that provoked
To battle the people of your love, your war