1. Is parting with you or meeting death more difficult?
And is bidding you farewell or bidding farewell to my heart more proper?

2. Meeting death is easier for me and my heart -
I bid it farewell and leave it to suffer.

3. It is the reason, the cause of what is in me,
And every one who causes sin will be punished.

4. God forbid it has no sin upon it -
For that is a benefactor, can it be said he sinned?

5. I saw him as a benefactor in that I,
Through him, was counted among your lovers.

6. And it is enough pride and honor for me
That I am attributed in love for you.

7. And if I found acceptance with you,
Then a slave attained acceptance from his Lord.

8. When my soul mentions you it almost
Melts, and my heart is the most melted.

9. So greetings of peace to you at all times,
With the most benevolence with which it can be.

10. And the breeze continues to send to you
Greetings - so the breeze to you is most near.

11. Parting has come, yes, but your parting -
Is it or meeting death more difficult?