1. I have not yet tasted her sweet Babylonian kiss.
All joys in separation are but misery.

2. Though I live in luxury, my soul
Is miserable when absent from you.

3. What heart finds most delight and longing?
That heart whose remnants in me are few.

4. Since I've been away from you, vitality
And comfort have left my gentle limbs.

5. Neither a gazelle nor love songs
Delight or soothe my heart.

6. I find no substitute for you in the sun,
For it is eclipsed while you are radiant.

7. My promise was as solid as clay,
Yet God willed it be forgotten.

8. I will come to you though the mounts
Weigh down the steeds which I do not call swift.

9. If a gift from me has been absent,
I will come to you myself as a gift.