1. O you who are sweet from the hardship of fate
Sleep, and keep for me an eye on your person as guardian

2. Never have I seen or heard the like of what
Is in my heart for your love ever intimate

3. I ransom you from the slumber that weighs on its eyelid
Before it is folded, though you have a right to sleep

4. It sways like a moist branch when he walks
And a blade of grass is best as intimate friend

5. He wore his jewelry and stood mentioning a name
So he cleared the gloomy night of firebrands

6. On his cheek is a mole whose hairs
Tell of the smoke of musk when it appears as guardian

7. So may God guard him from the spite of enemies
And keep him as boon companion forever intimate