1. I reproached him, so he was aloof,
And turned away from me disdainfully.

2. Thus is he who is exalted in beauty -
He becomes arrogant in his perfection.

3. My Master, my patience is melting away;
How much can reproaches melt?

4. Your habit was never
Like a firm pillar.

5. Rather, it was false colour,
Sleeping, though seeming awake.

6. You have stolen the core of my heart
And moulded it into fantasy.

7. So leanness has clothed me
As beauty once clothed you.

8. O perfect of face but blemished by injustice,
Why have you rejected perfection?

9. O fairest of men in face,
Show kindness to the worst in state!

10. Your beauty is far above
Rejecting the plea of the beseecher.

11. I have gained nothing from you by asking,
Though asking has wearied me.

12. Have you learned nothing
But the word "no" from speech?