1. He who has not embraced a gazelle in his flirtations
Between refusing for a while and being infatuated

2. Has not fulfilled the sweetness of youth and delight
Nor strolled in a garden of beauty

3. And moralizers saw that I was in the wrong
Just as I saw that they were confused

4. Did they reject anything but my love songs to the gazelle
Drunk on charm or her bewitching eyes

5. She has been veiled by jealousy since she was young
If it were another veiled by jealousy I would not care

6. In an aloof beauty avoiding my gaze
O people even darkness in the crescent moon

7. If only I had her where no spying is feared
Nor do I spend the night anxious and sleepless

8. On a night not ruled by Mars in its span
Where only Saturn remains

9. As for nights, I have mastered them with a cup
Of wine, a marriage without a guardian

10. Carnelian in my hand I asked for and drank
Had I illuminated the darkness of time, it would not disappear