1. You are joyful
And leave the one who loves you worn out and broken

2. Since you've been gone, sorrow is his only food
And his heart tosses and turns on the embers of sadness

3. The pain of separation has poisoned me with love
But being with you is the healing antidote I know

4. You've thrown my heart into confusion and longing
So now in the snare of love it flutters and flaps

5. The paths to you are cut off from me
By God, I know not how to get to you

6. So do not ask how I've fared without you
For how fares a body whose soul is veiled from it?

7. When one is absent from their beloved's face
The spirit of life itself is stolen from their soul

8. What state is one in who's tasted bliss and sweetness
Only to then be tormented when bliss is gone?

9. Love's joy is sweeter than life itself
While the anguish of passion is worse than death's agony

10. I'm driven to misery after tasting delight
And pushed far from what I was once so near

11. I dwelt in the spirit of paradise in bliss
But now I'm in a fire that rages over me

12. Most bitter is anguish after joy
Yes, burning after tenderness is most severe

13. When I summon patience, passion weakens it
My longing holds fast while my patience wavers

14. When longing and patience both grip the heart
There is no doubt that longing will prevail

15. One night I visited you, and left you fearful
Watching, alert to any disapproval

16. There was joy with you as the honored one
While around you marched the parade of pleasures

17. If you've shunned me and forgotten me
In my heart you're closer than closeness

18. For what is worldly life if living it
And tasting delight is but a cloak soon taken?