1. A state that forces envy, though
My rise in it was with true stumbling

2. By my life, if you have singled me out with your favor
Beyond those who are not my peers

3. And you went beyond the place of opinion
In putting him forward and delaying me

4. Indeed, my love for love, time does not detract
From it, and fate is ever-changing

5. How many excuses I have laid out for you in what
You are not excused by me for

6. And an expert in the situation with you I have
Clothed in confusion, so he returned unknowing

7. Shall I plead with you for requital at the end?
And hope for the requital of the patient with patience?

8. I wonder, did I truly attach the ropes of hope
Or with delusion?