1. My hope of your union is ever beyond reach,
Nor does my ear heed your blame.

2. The tears of the clouds distress me not, though they pour down,
For around the clouds it finds pasture and rest.

3. Nay, no beauty has the moon when it rises
If it shows a face without the veil of night drawn close.

4. Long have I probed with my wisdom the law of love,
Studying the rules of love assiduously.

5. So I asked my heart, "Who holds you enthralled?"
It answered, "The heartbreaker par excellence."

6. I mean the one to whom our deeds,
Before loyalty to him, are of no avail.

7. O You who unravels dilemmas and lifts
Affliction from the troubled weak one and intercedes—