1. With the sleepless nights of passion,
And the restless nights of longing,

2. Come to me, O love-sick soul,
Kissing my lips gently.

3. As the morning breeze carried
Fragrance to you from the garden,

4. Dew drops wet the flowers,
And the sunset painted the sky pink.

5. You brought light of love to my eyes,
So they wept, sleepless and aching,

6. Your beauty burned my heart,
Like a moth destroyed by the flame.

7. Pause in the dark of night, for pleasure,
This youth is but a fleeting shadow.

8. You're not the first love,
Nor I, the first to fall in love.

9. The morning breeze stole your fragrance,
The horizon took your glow.

10. If you say our waists are delicate,
My heart, verse and words are softer.

11. If you say our legs are slender,
My vision, thought and taste are sharper.

12. Your brow is radiant with dew drops
Your braids are apple branches in bloom.

13. Your hair a flock hovering over
Jeweled ornaments around your neck.

14. Your cheek a slice of pomegranate,
My heart flutters like a bracelet.

15. I will recall, my love, our farewells
At dawn, and longing at dusk.

16. I owe my beauty to a love
Of chastity and strength of truth.