1. The breeze of the dawn reminded me of the covenant in the valley,
And stirred up passions that cracked my heart open.

2. So if you can revive the dead of estrangement and love's agony,
By slaying desire, you have revived me to my wish.

3. For since I left the loved ones of my passion,
And was distanced from their nearness by remoteness,

4. My eyelids lost the sleep of nightfall upon my bed,
And I became a companion to wakefulness on my pillow.

5. So O you who pastures to that love,
When you anchor the flock in that valley,

6. Call upon its dwellers: "You have settled the arid plain,
And kindled raging fires, so the embers have become my bed!"

7. I could not in the night incline to my couch,
Should I sleep while the fires occupy my pillow?

8. May God tend days on the incline of fervent love,
And a night in which union banishes my slumber.