1. O unique being, peerless
And o branch, without shade

2. By my soul, you are, from the viewpoint
Of movements and intimation

3. O father, o he who appointed you
Ruler of my love, say to me

4. Does it please you to abandon me
While you are my only question?

5. I commanded my tears to write
And my passions to dictate

6. I cast my body into languishing
And my heart into confusion

7. As if I were, because of my leanness,
An idea lost in illusion

8. If pleasing you takes my death
Then die today and be done!

9. How many ardent lovers before me
Did love’s blade slay with rejection?