1. My worries have become part of me and my home
They have no intention of being satisfied

2. We've endured the cold shoulders until we became accustomed
Like the mute's accustomedness to long silences

3. We've gone with time however it wished
And with the woes of distraction it desired

4. Winds of sorrows blow us hither and thither
Like the spider spins its web wider each day

5. May God not tend to one who loves only for tomorrow
A singing girl or a silent beauty decked in jewels

6. Forbidden o soul! Or should I preserve affection
If one I love discards it from his essence?

7. My heart is not for any other than one who safeguards his heart
Be that as you wish or as you are pleased

8. So if my beloved turns away from me
Then shun him with the shunning of utter divorce

9. And seek the humble side and loftier
What my ancestors built for me or else my demise