1. The lover's heart is overturned towards the beloved
And his body in the hands of tormentors plundered

2. And someone asked me, “How does love taste?” I said,
“Love is sweet but there is torment in it.”

3. With slender waisted sweethearts we have
Every spear-straight glance wounded and beaten

4. I ransom those whose tears after them
My blood and tears spilled and poured

5. I am the questioner in keeping the affection for them
And they, when they promise union, delayed

6. In the tents, when their caravans departed
Was no lover but for him in parting a beloved

7. It's as if Joseph is in every rider
And the living in every house has a Jacob