1. I met you in a dream, so its fantasy came alive,
Thus does the lovesick one attain his desire.

2. Do not hope for union with her in wakefulness,
For God has denied the angels her beauty.

3. This visitation is a mercy for you in life,
Rather a blessing, which no lover has attained.

4. So spread your cheeks, nay your eyelids, nay
Your eyes for her, and beware of embracing her image,

5. Have you not seen the lovers spread out for her
The pupils of their eyes, but her anklet they did not attain?

6. Like a flock that spread the road of their king
On the day of glory, displaying their awe.

7. By God, if she appeared to an ascetic at prayer
With the Virgin beside him, he would not have prayed to her.