1. How much longing and tears have I concealed
And how much patience have I feigned when my patience has run out

2. I let loose my reins and flew with the breeze
And bared my legs in passionate love unable to stop

3. I have a gazelle whose heart is like an idol
So my soul inclines toward her, yearning

4. If she were not a shy and timid gazelle
My passions would not have craved for her

5. On the soft branch of the acacia are lovesick ones
And the morning sun reveals its features upon it

6. If it were not for her radiance no lightning would have glittered
If it were not for her love no lover would have sung

7. I inclined toward her while passion drove me
And longing for her led me on though I struggled

8. When the phantom of her came to rouse my passion
It deluded me into thinking I was reconciled

9. I remembered the abode of joy beyond the protected sanctuary
While the branches of the acacia swayed beneath it

10. My soul almost took flight from the intensity of its longing
To a world where souls swim freely

11. The gathering place of souls in the eternal world
Is a gathering near their Lord never moving away

12. Circling them is the soft fragrance of fulfillment
Musk that restores life with its scent

13. Gardens close to them, clusters ready for plucking
In whose shade is what no imagination has wished for

14. Whoever does not reach there is truly lost
And whoever settles there is undoubtedly triumphant