1. Would that a telegraph wire from my heart to Constantinople
Extended from the farthest points of Iraq,

2. To convey to you manifold more than I have expressed
To you by telegraph of my longing.

3. You are the full moon of the heights; you have never ceased
To shine upon us, illuminating the horizons.

4. So from the full moon we obtain from you what we obtain,
Despite the distance, by your shining light.