1. I recall how freely I gave myself for you
Yet I saw it as neither money nor family

2. Rather, ideas that came to mind, whenever
They came to mind, I found the rough path after you easy

3. When the beard of hay twisted before me
I avoided you reluctantly, though I am no shunner

4. And my soul did not stop wanting to meet you
Except I refused its request due to prolonged separation

5. I see your nearness as the justice and spirit of life
And in my eyes, nearness to you equals death and killing

6. How can the eye relish the face of its beloved
When in it is a speck that blackens its kohl?

7. Take the twisting beard of hay or take
Your resolve to banish it from me, excelling

8. If young boys have a filthy mother
Who strangles them violently and enlarges their confusion

9. Then our brother, the beard of hay, is her husband
Cursed by God is the licentious wife and husband