1. I see you, yet your eyes do not see me
Though you and I are horses racing

2. I set my ropes for you, and they turned to
Love, while you remained loose-reined

3. And I have great ambition above passion
So who distracted you from me, and who distracted me?

4. The time of impossibilities has passed, so do not wish
For your valley has belied hopes

5. And here I am, losing my life in love of you
Drawing near in hopes of closeness

6. However much a union distracts or preoccupies
My hours for you are but moments

7. And were it not for tender love in necks
I would possess you by oath and faith

8. And if above the reins you sought refuge
I would rend the veils of the reins from you

9. I called poetry in you, and it did not disobey me
And yielded its lead after defiance

10. Its Gabriel came and confided inspiration
To me, as if a return of ecstasy