1. My heart was murdered, O what an oppressor!
And he showed me its blood in my eyes.

2. Strange is all that from my companion,
And if I imagine him in my mind,

3. The heart applauds him and inclines towards him.
Tell the one who turned away from me and went astray,

4. I will not reproach him, even if the separation is prolonged,
Despite the injustice of separation I endured,

5. I am awake, faithful to the pact of love,
I did not sleep while he did not keep his promise to me.

6. I am neither indifferent nor patient,
For my beloved is still in my thoughts,

7. Oh, what do you say to the aloof one?
If I called him saying: My companion!

8. He whose love keeps me weak and feeble,
His affliction grew hard and separation weakened me,

9. This is how separation eats away at the sincere lover,
So describe to me, my friend, the remedy,

10. And I see no solution but to stop describing him.
In the name of the rights of love, he knows he did wrong,

11. And by tormenting me, my beloved went too far,
I have not stopped, while passion is destroying my soul,

12. Infatuated by his love, utterly devastated,
Should I be content, infatuated and devastated?

13. Does anyone suffer what I suffer?
Perhaps tomorrow hopes will revive,

14. And the lone gazelle will fulfill his promise,
He truly promised me a secret meeting.

15. But I did not believe him until he broke his word.