1. Have you fulfilled your promise, as you said you would, to a sorrowful man,
And cured an illness buried deep in his ribs?

2. Do I see you smiling at me in solitude,
Or does your cruel heart remain resentful?

3. That beauty of yours, which is a blessing,
Did it, O fair one, exist only to torment us,

4. And make a hell of our hearts in this world,
Increasing their passion by your charm?

5. For love is the sun of spring - now it hides,
Now it smiles again with beams.

6. Long have you in it smiled and long
Wet your burning lids with tears.

7. How many trysts, O gazelle, before you, have I visited,
And smelled the roses and the narcissi there.

8. And filled my heart with the beauties of her face
To soften it by those beauties.

9. I love to talk to free women as I love
The fragrance of flowers in our valley.

10. When we draw near I melt in shyness,
When we draw apart I melt in longing.

11. If disdainfully you turn from me, you'll regret it.
Can you find a heart in love like mine?

12. In my breast a heart that is too narrow for wishes
That was never but in your love a captive.

13. Did you not see me valiant and submissive,
My forehead smiling, infatuated?

14. By my generosity and your greed - yes, I
Give the precious, while you give nothing.

15. Whatever you have given, I remain the giver
In every age beyond what you have given.

16. I shed my tears in my love for you and my passion,
And composed verses that murmur softly.

17. So I wear the necklace of eternity and poesy
More precious than precious gems.

18. Beauty is transient; love endures. Do not
Be content with what charms and satisfies a while.

19. The miniatures on silk and the ornaments are gone,
But the beautiful brides of song remain.

20. Poetry immortalized our glory and our beauty -
Without it, our past would not have smiled on us.

21. Beauty's a flower, and love's its fragrance -
Would that you'd let me breathe you in!

22. How many flowers wither but bear their scents -
The breaths of a tranquil night revive us.

23. Some sweetness passed you swiftly,
And you wept to remember it.

24. Think not that I will forget in my amorous regrets
What we saw and met in love!

25. For I suffer in my love for you, and maybe
You broke pledges and forgot your oath.

26. Then stop, and with a glance we will renew
What you forgot, and a tear will heal us.

27. When I heard the ringing of the bells of passion,
I saw love's pavilions falling upon us.

28. And I saw my fellow poets, like me,
Weeping from memories of darlings and fever.

29. Then weep for me when I go and do not return!
For memory of loves gone by contents us.

30. And when at eventide a ship passes,
Bearing the youth of our land, greet them for me!

31. And breathe the place of parting, and weep awhile,
As with the winds you hear my lamentation.