1. I used to refuse to bow to passion
And let the eggs rule over my reason

2. Like a shirt of thorns that desire cannot don
Upon my heart, so love could not enter my mind

3. Until a herd appeared amidst a doe
Swaying in the dress of youth and antelope

4. When we met I was the first ecstatic
When we parted I was the last melancholic

5. And the night of union my beloved fulfilled his promise
After prolonged estrangement

6. I quenched a heart whose anguish was prolonged
Making it a night among nights

7. So visitor if I could ransom him
I would ransom him with my family, my tribe and my wealth