1. When lightning flashed
And shone in the sky

2. It stirred the stillness of passion
Nay, it pained my heart

3. As if it rose over
The tower of my heart

4. Or it was an arrow that fell
Upon the forelock of my heart

5. It represented to me the waist of him
For whom I melt with passion

6. A heart broke by sorrows
That scattered what was once joined

7. By God, from a sigh that crept
And a tear that streamed

8. I sacrificed my soul for a gazelle
That grazed upon my heart

9. Whenever I sought his nearness
Even if he refused, asleep

10. I am a slave of his door
If he returns or wanders

11. And I have no means
With his highness that can be claimed

12. Nor any task that can be seen
Except praise and prayer