1. In the tranquility of night I recalled
A quarter illuminated by the sailor's breath, perfumed.

2. The memory of a beautiful one almost melted my heart,
And on her cheek my precious tears streamed down.

3. My eyelids languished in love for the exquisite
Like a white and yellow iris.

4. By your life, tears benefit the heart
As rainwater nourishes and illuminates the meadow.

5. And the Lord of tribulations, one praises their benefit,
For the purity of water is that it trickles.

6. So the one in whom I confided half my anguish said:
"Tears flowed for you in affliction as they never did."

7. I said to him, while yearning fluttered in my chest:
"Had it not been for love, I would have been stronger and more patient."

8. I paused, determined in myself for glory and passion:
"I will fulfill this or that, so I will be excused."

9. This heart cracked from her glances
Like a blade shattered on the sharpest sword.

10. And for the sight of her my most tender feelings poured out
As a threaded necklace coming undone and scattering.

11. She has a soul - if it were a gift of the morning breeze
It would perfume the branches, the water, and the earth.

12. And her smile, if the dawn had one like it
It would inspire the night to change and shorten.

13. The birds heard her one day and sang joyfully,
And the leafy branch saw her and blossomed.