1. You did not know what your eyes etched into my soul -
Of passion, nor what anguish my liver endured -

2. I'd sacrifice you for one who sought worldly things, but could not
Glean from being drowned in flowing tears -

3. The eyes were shy, so they hastily came to me
His cheek uncovered except from bashfulness -

4. I gave him the cup, then felt embarrassed by its continual drinking
From that soft chin moistened by the cold -

5. Until when drowsiness seduced his eyelids for a year
And I made him a palm's obedience in my hands -

6. I wanted to place his cheek by mine and say to him
But he said “Your hand to me is better than a pillow” -

7. So he slept in a sanctuary, fearing no betrayal
While I stayed thirsty, neither able to repel nor allow -

8. The full moon is pain, and the crescent moon gathering -
My horizons from jealousy are untied -

9. The night wanders, where is its rising?
Does not the night know that the moon is in my arm?