1. My eyes guarantee that I have handed over my reins to the hands of ordeal
Though I hoped to attain the bliss of union, an elusive prize

2. For me today, attaining safety is enough
If only I had obeyed my whim and desire, I would not have squeezed my eyelids and thus squeezed my soul

3. Who can I complain to of a body that I resent, or a fluttering heart that I lament?
I have lived until now only because

4. I was hidden, so the pigeons did not know my whereabouts
Had my life been as long as Noah's, and I bartered it

5. For an hour's union with you, I would have said “that's enough for me!"
The water of your lips is no dearer to me

6. Than the water of my youth and the arrival of my time
When despair whispers to the soul about you gently,

7. My hopes respond with “maybe” and “perhaps”
My two friends, I am ignorant of passion, so question me

8. Take the number of those who died of love from the beginning
If I am the only one, consider me the second

9. If someone asks, where can I find a lover?
I imagined him to be unique among all people, having handed over my reins

10. Moses' wet nurses and Samia's union are similar in their taboo, both equivocal
I say this though my wakefulness with his mention has lasted long

11. The eagle of grey hairs has tired from flying
Lightning flickers as if it were the sword of a brave knight

12. Or the heart of a coward, slicing through the black night's mourning raiment
Or his coat of mail with its blades

13. He appeared before my eyes in glimpses, and I wished for him
Then he rained on me from my eyelashes and quenched my thirst

14. He gestured to me in greeting - had the lightning called me a lover before him, it would have invited me
I spend the night sleepless, slain by my passions, my only bedmate is my copious red tears

15. The stars of night around me are like mourning gatherings
With me among them grieving like the raven of darkness

16. I bowed to the earth in his memory, so if he appears from nearby, imagine how you will find me!