1. Do not rely on the illusions of wishes,
Nor seek pretexts in the pleasures of wine.

2. One like me sees drinking blood as lawful,
Yet drinking the blood of a fair maiden unlawful.

3. My principles are sound, but who considers what I have endured?
My roots are firm, yet who cares that my tongue is torn out?

4. It is but that I have a message
For the arrow of his eyes, dictating my demise.

5. Love is naught but what flows from my tears,
It cannot be captured in elaborate speech.

6. If one says, “Do not perish from agony,”
ignorance shapes such a saying and its delivery.

7. Stop crying over the memory of my beloved alone,
Shall I mix the memory of my beloved with another’s abode?