1. I have a lover who grows dearer day by day
His love increases even as the crescent moon

2. Many envious ones blame my passion, alas
For him, while the chiders are few

3. He has outshone the radiant dawn, yet he is a fawn
He has humbled the lions, yet he is a gazelle

4. Soon we shall part and cease to meet
While still remote are my joy and union with him

5. By God, because of an eye
That has deprived me of sleep, tender and languorous