1. She passed by and greeted me, and I greeted her in return
With my soul above heart I ransomed her

2. The greeting between us is but a gesture
And a sign, so her home was made unlawful to me

3. But in a dream she fulfilled my request
And if she calls me one night, I will fulfill hers

4. Between dreams, union is possible, but that
Beauty fades if I call out to her

5. I loved her temporarily, not intending it
And remembered her happily, not naming her

6. I nicknamed her “my little plot of land” and “my little patient”
And to my drinking buddy, “mother of unkempt hair”

7. She is a virgin girl, sweeter than perfume
So often have I seen bliss since I saw her

8. Her heart is but a budding rose
When the breeze blows through it as I confide in her

9. Love illuminated her eyelids after they
Became a lamp for me, and my love its oil

10. Oh, if only she were a flower and I its gardener
Or if only she were my shroud and I her dead