1. The vessel of love is sealed with embers,
Its lines contain insights for all people.

2. For every letter in the heart are pages
With symbols impressed above hearts as seals.

3. How paper complains of a burning ache!
Yet the secret of the complainer is hidden.

4. If asked “No secrecy for the complainer,” say:
“The text of passion, its meaning is known.”

5. As patience and abandon clash,
Tears appear though feelings lie hidden.

6. O you who blame the love-distracted one, excuse him!
For love’s arrow toward the sad heart is poison.

7. Say whatever you wish - for love is a sultan
To whom both the just and the unjust submit.

8. If your blame grows long, it will not surpass the agony
Of one whose body is fevered by its waves.