1. Do you claim, O my neighbor, my hope and my wish
That I am an enemy? No, but my friendship

2. Draws me near until I came visiting
Due to firm affection, not to distance and separation

3. I came with gentleness like a soft breeze
Laden with wafting sweet musk

4. And I kissed the ground of the house when I entered it
And I bow down in it, bow after bow

5. Dignity and tranquil awe are upon me
And from my tears, dew flows down my cheeks

6. I am not insisting nor importunate
Calling you sometimes and shortening my steps

7. I am a guest staying in your abode
So greet me with good news and come near to my friendship

8. And I am not pleased with you as my polestar, and do not let
Your heart be a wing towards every sorrow

9. You are not striving above my back and shoulders
From the distant traveler with a handful of dust