1. I see every other lover and his beloved
Enjoying life and feeling blissful,

2. While I walk and she walks in the lands as if
We are two captives pledged to the enemies.

3. I pray and weep during the prayer, remembering her,
Woe to me for what the two angels record!

4. I promised her I would not love anyone else.
Yet she trusted me without any guarantee.

5. O servants of God, arise and listen
To the dispute of two lovers arguing!

6. Every year they get once
Reproach, estrangement, then reconcile.

7. They live in the world two strangers, wherever
They stay, and across years they meet.

8. But ducks gathered never spend a day or night
On the water without covering the sticks with their wings.

9. Ardent, they never leave for any purpose,
Nor are they distracted by the cold ponds.

10. They see the water bubbles and death beyond,
So they are content with the sounds of the water-bearers.

11. With more passion and coquetry toward you
Than I, but the enemy has stood against me.