1. O night, dawn has broken
And I have not seen my beloved

2. The arrows of light pierced
Severing the cord of my heart's desire

3. The eternal glow has faded
And the star of my love died

4. Sickness has overcome
What remains of my youth's radiance

5. And killed it, so it passed
Trembling into the grave of its melody

6. How my soul embraced
Its years and eased what ailed it

7. And drank of the wine of beauty
Intoxicating me with its cup

8. And in the excess of passion
I broke the veil of my reserve

9. I was a witness to our love
O night, pity my state

10. And go to my beloved and describe
My misery and all that ails my body

11. My blossom, the gossip maligns
And taints your purity

12. If only you had come to my temple
And heard the whispers of my soul

13. And seen the tears of yearning
To spare you from their distress

14. And been content with me as servant
To your beauty, staunching my wounds

15. Then you would have known my chastity
And learned that you wronged me

16. You are my life, so I see
No joy but through your nearness

17. And distance from you and your charm
Is my death and dissolution

18. Take up the flute of love for me
And sing to me of my passion

19. Chant to the world in song and verse
Of the poetry of my desire

20. Let me die, for who will preserve
My memory in youth but you?

21. Long has been my sighing, but you have not heard
Shall I stanch my tears?

22. And return from the world of love
Having reaped its sorrows?

23. For I called the heart's guide but loved
None but you all my years

24. And your phantom still comes to haunt
My thoughts and fantasies

25. Passion tortures me forever
Will you not have mercy on my heart?