1. O gatherer of those parted, grant
My eyes the joy of seeing those I love.

2. O shelterer of lovers from parting's woes,
Hasten and do away with separation.

3. Heal one afflicted with love's malady,
Against which charms and talismans avail not.

4. Save my heart from parting's perils,
Open again the paths of union.

5. Let not the pain of parting tyrannize
My frailty, for I cannot endure it.

6. Reproach me not, for I am not the first
To break faith's covenant and betray it.

7. I who yearned to meet beloved ones,
Yet was not granted that felicity.

8. Can one feign indifference to love
When by nature he was not created thus?

9. My loved ones, what harm to you
If after professing love we met?

10. Be generous, keep faith, I ransom you
A bedridden wretch upon his sickbed.

11. The day we parted, I thought my heart
Still with me, but knew not it was stolen.

12. My heart is a moth, burned with longing,
Having met love's fire, to ashes turned.

13. My tears that stained my cheeks with blood
Are tears insomnia gifted in its vigil.

14. How strange that one with thirst unquenched
Should drown, o man, in his own tears!

15. My life is darkened, I see no dawn,
Unless with you, no gladdening horizon.

16. So I beseech God once more to reunite us,
And gather those now parted after separation.