1. Do I face reproach from you every day
Like a boulder placed by a flood from above?

2. And you throw towards the horizon while dodging
With your arrows at the heart of one already slain

3. Thus I spend the night, so lengthy are its shadows
Upon me with all sorts of worries to be tested

4. And I rise as if my heart from the coals of passion
When it boils over like a cooking pot

5. Its shards fly with my chest as though
Its strong parts have been shredded to pieces

6. And my tears streamed from my sorrows and agony
Down my throat until my tears are filled up

7. When my companions see what passion does to me
They say do not let your sorrow get out of hand

8. Be gentle and do not panic for one who deserted faithfulness
For by the will of the days that pass there is no return

9. And I have for you an enduring love I made stronger
With the threads of flax to deaf and dumb idols

10. And I have thoughts of you among which are my wings
That woke up with the aroma of spiced wine

11. As if their wishes were cups of wine
That we drank in the early morn without stop

12. I shunned the temptations of youth and prime
And my heart cannot be deterred from its passion

13. And I revealed the shine of love for you to its people
Whenever the eye looked upon you it eased up

14. Think of the army of betrayal returning
With the tethered steeds of lasting ruins

15. You will find my humanity like loving maidens
Whose necklaces are polished like chrysolite

16. Leave the betrayal and return to the abode of faithfulness
Even if you intended to throw me away reconsider