1. The bells are ringing, oh heart's center
The heart of that anguished one

2. Does it still reside
Between those ribs?

3. The bells are ringing, I have with my heart
A long conversation

4. I traveled away from it for a time
Until my journey's end called me

5. And I came to complain to it
Of my sickness and tears I shed

6. The bells are ringing, that's a voice
I've heard since olden days

7. Could it be my torments' sounds
Echoing my worries?

8. Or are those flocks of love
Announcing their return?

9. What do you want and who are you
Oh, familiar voice of weeping?

10. Have I not had enough misery
That you increase my agony?

11. You disturbed my dream when
You woke me from my slumber

12. I felt as though I was touching
An old memory

13. A memory of sorrows that
Remained with me

14. So in your words, symbols
Of my affliction and passion

15. I am Samir the chaste
And I've broken my vows

16. I am jest and the hearts of youth
Love my anthems

17. I am the stars of the nights
I am flowers of spring

18. I am the musicians of lovers
In David's hands

19. A hidden, secret place
Resides in the conscience of existence

20. And a temple of passion where
My darkness' candles I light

21. So since you wandered alone
And I left you alone

22. I've tasted bitterness undiluted
And not endured your loss

23. And now I've returned, perhaps
I'll see the beauty of my meadows

24. Come, let's sing a hymn of life
Before passion

25. Come, let's ignite oil lamps
Of love with sighs

26. Come, let's water our love's flowers
With tears

27. Come, or let me suck the sweet
Nectar of your lips

28. My youth is nearly passed
As did yours in your time

29. And still an infant it remains
Oh, what an infant!

30. Come, let's bare our bosoms
Before the sky

31. Come, let's drink the cup
Of grief with the forlorn

32. For torment is the life of the magnificent
Glory of the lofty

33. Come, let's play our tunes
Upon the strings

34. And not be like deaf mutes
To poetry

35. For the ember of verse
Always burns in the anguished

36. Why do I feel the hunger
Eating my flesh

37. And affection not draw near
After that betrayal?

38. Have mercy, specter of my love
For my hunger has reached me

39. Hasten to me, take initiative
For God's sake, hasten to me

40. The minutes of my sleep have passed
And followed each other

41. For I have no sympathetic ear
I have no intercessor

42. After you, O love
I've become as cold as tombs

43. Insects creep around me
Crawling in my darkness

44. And there is only
The form of something dreadful

45. Come, O light of my past
O life of my heart

46. And pour your pure glow
Upon my deep darkness

47. My love, I've returned to it
And how excellent is my return!