1. I worship the Merciful midst inferno’s heat
Is there a merciful one for this stranger’s grief?

2. You’ve lengthened the distance, denied me sleep
And robbed my heart with beauty past belief

3. With your cheeks’ radiance and the crescent’s glow
The gazelle’s glance and swaying, lithe physique

4. A face so fair, a smile so sweet, I know
All grace and charm your being does bespeak

5. Musk-scented breath and lips like softened silk
For them my faith and calm I ceased to keep

6. My love, you know my ardour and its ilk
Within my breast there burns a raging deep

7. My tears run down, estrangement hurts me so
Return, relieve my wage, don’t make me weep