1. O my comfort and relief
My joy and my delight

2. O my companion and my friend
In my absence and presence

3. The memory of you brings comfort to my heart
In my isolation and my vigil

4. Do not let the messengers and books
Reveal some of what is in my conscience

5. I sigh at every moment
Paired with a breath

6. If the fire of my longing for you
Touched the fire of hell

7. It would have burned it with embers
In my flaming chest

8. The anguish of separation has narrowed
Like the noose on a captive’s neck

9. Do not forget the company of a friend
Who is enslaved by affection