1. You ask me: Who is she
That I have chosen? Or where is my longing?

2. And you repeat: Am I not the one
Who inspired my awakening and creativity?

3. The delight of my eyes, the green
Of my seasons, the warmth of my taste

4. The orchard of my face, the evenings
Were my braids the gifts of my water bearer?

5. You called me the glow of the morning
A moon that shines on the horizon

6. With the fragrance of violets and roses
Carried on the gentle breezes

7. You made me forget my humanity
And forget my earthly attachments

8. And you went, O most precious sight
Or sweetest hypocrisy

9. Will you return to me...crying my absence
Or sing for my emergence?

10. You will not lack anyone but me or
Find sincerity and devotion like mine

11. I was one you could trust
Who did you sever ties with?

12. When closeness to you
Seemed worse than the wakefulness of separation

13. I chose the sorrow of distance from you
Over the bitterness of meeting

14. And without saying goodbye I left
As I came, without agreement

15. I forgot your house and the road
I forgot the smell of the alley

16. I did not know where I embarked from
And who I met upon my departure

17. I flowed not knowing the way
Nor did the way know my drifting

18. Even the lamps around me
Suffer like my stifling

19. The meeting was without purpose
And the parting without consequence

20. So leave me to my solitude
As I absorb my burning

21. And despite this drought, I will not
Regret the departed rain

22. But why do you ask me
Who I yearn for and who I meet?

23. Rest assured, I am
Alone, with my sorrows as company

24. Like Sindbad without an ocean
Like a stream without banks

25. My hope is that you not ask
Whether I died or am still alive