1. I have the same longing and yearning for you as you have for me
But I conceal my love with patience and composure

2. I protect myself from the gossip of slanderers
Even as the sick try to toy with my body

3. I have endured with difficulty and exertion
And have become burdened and diligent

4. If not for propriety and my promise, you would not see me
Melting with passion or complaining to anyone

5. I will keep it hidden, waiting patiently
For many a hated day has goodness tomorrow

6. Death looks upon my soul and body
But not upon what my enemies wish for my eternity

7. They used to criticize me but you helped me
Today they are jealous of my connection with my beloved

8. They spoke against him when he was distant from me
And competed with me over him, now he is under my control

9. I pretend not to care, out of pity for them
So they think I've forgotten him, but my heart hasn't changed

10. My endurance is a tool for me in love, so when
I make a decision, I don't neglect preparedness

11. This is union, and beyond it, hope
So I watch carefully, noting bitterness and sweetness

12. What bounty I've tasted, suffering for it
So my mouth now has a lingering sweetness

13. Nearness is more tempting than distance for the afflicted
My only sorrow is that we are in the same land

14. I see my wishes but I'm deprived of them
Thus I feel the yearning that I do

15. He is not absent from me, but joy is absent with him
So I weep for one not lost, but still lamented

16. I weep for my passion, not his dwelling
I pity him for what I pity myself for

17. I praise patience, not the misguided fool
Who praises nakedness and destitution