1. God's peace upon you, O Mayya, you have gone too far
For the passionate have been stabbed by your refusal

2. Each knight sways unsteadily from it
And your love brings them delight and misery

3. Have mercy on them, in love's name, they are all
For your sake, alive yet dead by fate's decree

4. Their hearts tossed and turned in sadness
Now roasted by fiery coals, burnt through

5. They long for union with you, O swaying branch
Awakening miserable, their hearts pierced by arrows

6. For you the lovers melted away in crazed desire
What hope have they, O Mayya, if they stand still?

7. You veiled yourself from them with waving tresses
As the night's swimmer surrounds them with darkness

8. A part of you resides in the corners of their hearts
Guarded by an army of total, maddening love

9. The opposites united in you with their secret ways
One aim visible, the other hidden from sight

10. And how wondrous, love has its wonders
Your passion Eastern in its fervor, yet Western

11. Love is evident death, with hidden depths
Fated misery in crazed desire is sealed

12. He pretends to be reasonable, though fire burns inside
But in his heart of hearts, desire rules supreme

13. Have mercy, for the lovers melt and burn
God's peace upon you, O Mayya, you have gone too far