1. My yearning for your affection consumed me,
Yet from you I found only enmity and hatred.

2. I sought you in every valley and place,
Leaving no sky nor earth unexplored.

3. I ask every passing breeze about you
And unleash my horses to bring news of you.

4. Unite me with you, for separation dissolves me;
Reaching you, even crawling, would please me.

5. My gentle darling, do you know
That healing the sick brings abundant reward?

6. Had you been afflicted like me, you would have visited me,
Swift as lightning crossing the meadows.

7. My loyalty to you is supererogatory and tradition;
But my passion for you has become an obligation.

8. If you shun my friendship, your friendship
Is to me like plucking stars from the sky.

9. Neither does the nightingale cease singing your praises,
Nor, without you, is my mouth tempted by a morsel.