1. Who will help me withstand
The sleeplessness, worries and thoughts

2. And the torrents of misfortune
That made love grow as it grew old

3. It rose like a branch in the soft sand
Following the sun with the moon

4. Oblivious of my misery
Saying to me, “Do not be aware!”

5. A companion who hurts me
Acts wrongly in deed and sight

6. My Yemeni dagger, if
Its aim became an aversion

7. Wine and night have quenched me
Dawn in the garb of eve

8. And Pleiades like the lamps
Of brides scattered in the west

9. Shout, if you can find
The pleasure of life, do not neglect

10. Go forward, do not stand still
For the daring win love

11. How many prudes blame
Vice, and God has forgiven