1. O Lord, my love for this friend has weakened me
And my tears have betrayed my secret

2. And my silence has betrayed me
O flower of the garden

3. O breeze of sweet basil
You are the son of the full moon and the sun

4. You are not just a human
Nothing compares to your mansion

5. With walls of light
And a roof of fire

6. And a courtyard of ruby
Delighting the eyes in paradise

7. With water flowing over it
In a sparkling stream

8. So live there in peace
Caliph of the Merciful

9. And be with time, for an age
With a life as long as the life of the building

10. So you both remain
While the two burdens pass

11. Like the approaching of two wings
Of this and that bird constantly flying

12. This grieved and that fell down
In a place

13. And nothing lasts forever
And everything perishes