1. O night, where is my beloved?
Did he disappear between the stars?

2. Or did he fly like a nightingale?
Or blow away like a breeze?

3. O night, the face of my beloved
Is a full moon lighting up the nights

4. O night, who is like my beloved
In his beauty and grace?

5. His eyes are the morning sun
His cheeks, rosebuds

6. His face, narcissus flowers
His body, slender like a branch

7. His complexion, anemones
And my passion for him

8. Consumes me, bewilders me
Trembles in my eyelashes

9. O night, where is my beloved?
Fan in him the fire of my love

10. My torment and lament
Set him ablaze with my heart

11. O for my beloved, o nights
O for the heat of my longing

12. O for the softness of my state
O for the length of my vigil

13. O you who travel the desert
And swim through space

14. Where is the beloved of my life?
On earth or in the sky?

15. I love him, my tears
Bear witness to my love, my insomnia

16. The fire in my ribs
By God, is but the fire of passion

17. I see you, o night, humming
With me the agony of songs

18. Did the passion stir you?
Did you rejoice, revive my hopes?

19. O night, you increased my pining
O night, you ended my youth

20. O night, return my beloved
For long has been my torment