1. I have a beloved who cured me and showed me kindness
He is gentle and his affection is unmatched

2. Yet I grieve for my ill fate
Of a lover I see before me yet cannot attain

3. I am like one dying of thirst as water appears
Yet remains beyond reach, tantalizing the thirsty one

4. I am content to die with honor
And conceal this love, not declaring it

5. In love I found no faithful ally
So I resorted to secrecy

6. When my darling is shielded
I guard my love and still my tongue

7. I take care when I wish to name him
As if I broke fast in Ramadan

8. I have turned away from his love
To remain faithful, though he knows not my restraint

9. As if on the path of patience I walk
Hoping to attain the gardens of bliss

10. I thought well of him, yet my suspicions
Turned to other pleasing aspects

11. I will bare my heart and eyes to him
That I may be alone with him somewhere

12. Perhaps I will attain my hopes
And find the key to the door of wishes

13. We have concealed this love, hiding it in fear
Hoping to attain the triumph of ecstasy

14. So we shunned you - Glory to He who knows
What lies behind this estrangement

15. A fire of passion burns without smoke
Have you seen a fire without smoke?

16. How can I not fear this love with longing
When love spurs disgrace?

17. I am drunk with him, forgetting
Wine makes one forget

18. My watchful eye misled me openly
Fair are the dealings of the eye

19. When can the sick hope for healing
While meeting the doctor with silence?

20. I complained not out of patience
But my heart cannot express with my tongue

21. Show compassion in a private meeting
Where souls are joyful in complaining and lamenting

22. Perhaps the mercy of connection will reach me
And I will be saved from the wrath of estrangement