1. Is it passion or infatuation
Or madness or obsession

2. Is it longing or turmoil
And yearning or suffering

3. Are they tears or oceans
And sighs or distress

4. Is it withering in my body
Or concealment or illness

5. And what the Almighty has said
Is it blame or dispute

6. And what the wind conveys
Is it words or peace

7. Is your smile the sun
Or the full moon

8. And that which is in your mouth
Is it honey or wine

9. And that which sways in your bosom
Is it a branch or pillar

10. And is it lawful to kill someone
Who did no wrong or is it a sin

11. No, and what longing does
To my heart and my times

12. Do you think my sin is my sigh
Whenever the pigeons moan

13. Or do you see it as my constant
Vigil as people sleep

14. Or my weeping whenever
A smile flashes from lightning

15. If these are my sins
In passion they are monstrous

16. And if lies prove I have
A body or sleep

17. Then my tears and love
Will erase these traces

18. My longing in estrangement is long, Oh Lord
And my stay

19. My home is lost to me so the night
Is darkness in my eyes

20. And since I left
Her smile, my days are gloom

21. After her, all company is
Sins and misdeeds

22. And if intimacy is lost
Farewell to peace