1. Ask my specter about my Layla and my vigil
And about the succession of my breaths and thoughts

2. My heart did not cease to remember you when I looked
With awake eyes or in my intoxication

3. A drink for the day of my joy when worries preoccupied me
The pure wine between intimacy and vigilance

4. And the surplus of your cup comes to me and I drink it
Openly while you drink my cup unseen

5. And how can I kiss it and oblige it
To my throat as my palm raises it to my sight

6. The days of my life passed as they were destined
And the days of my life were destined in their measure

7. Until joy closed its eyes from us
We all became alike, walking to the grave