1. Patience has become my worn out shield
Since she occupied my mind

2. So I remained longing, o brother
Without asking to meet my beloved

3. And I have concealed my passion from others
To avoid the arrows of gossip

4. O gazelle, since you came and gave
Evil has befallen me like a vicious wolf

5. And since you fascinated me, adorned
The Lord of Beauty made you a governor over me

6. So I loved you while my heart was victorious
By your beauty, ignoring others

7. And I thought you would support me
But instead you became to me a new moon

8. How many nights have I spent depressed
With my life ruined by your indifference

9. I wish in love you were kind
And would listen to my painful lament

10. Stop this war you started
I swear by your cheek and your mole

11. Return to me the eye that murdered me
With a sword that cut up my limbs

12. And trust that I am passionate about you
And passion is the death I draw from you

13. Because you're miserly with union
My love for you has become a miserable state

14. So have mercy and be gentle with a young man
Who would have led people had he been without passion