1. O dwellers of the abode, how painful is longing
For the heart enamored with Muhammad

2. You have come to a spring that soothes the echo
While I am deprived of the sweet watering place

3. Quench with union the fire of my anguish
And have mercy on a heart with a painful echo

4. I have no patience nor endurance
My patience is spent and my endurance little

5. Make haste with departure tomorrow
Woe to my heart from their intentions tomorrow

6. They surrendered my heart when they bid farewell
And turned their sleek horses from my goal

7. They left me lonesome the morning they traveled
After them, how can I have patience and fortitude?

8. The fire of my sorrows has scorched my heart
The tears of my eyes furrowed my cheeks

9. O doves of ardent love, sing to me
Gladden me with weeping and chant to me

10. The longing of the lover has saddened me so who
In my weeping and passions will make me happy?

11. They chose the beloved while I am enamored
Bear from me the proof that verifies

12. I have become an example from excessive love
So witness my state at every stage

13. Do not absolve me for my madness in love though
They are weary of hearing my chronic plaint

14. So leave me be and what lies between us
For that suffices me and is my watch post

15. O soul, O my soul, submit to him
And bow to him humbly and prostrate

16. After him, who can shelter me
Who can guide me but him, who can direct me?

17. You are my helper in all my affairs
You are, O essence of my existence, my creator