1. Were it not for your talismans and spells
That you have accustomed me to,

2. I would have gone mad from my passion.
But when the affliction of separation befell me,

3. They brought me what I hope for in parting.
Yearning is poison in my vitals, and your books

4. Contain a kind of antidote.
In them is written lawful magic and its effect—