1. If you pass Mount Salʿ, then ask after

    a gazelle fairer than all gazelles—

  2. no, not one to be compared with a full moon:

    the beloved is younger and more bewitching;

  3. nor with a fresh, supple bough:

    the beloved is more graceful in bending and richer in hue;

  4. nor with a tender young maiden:

    for he is statelier and fuller of form.

  5. I gave him dominion over my heart,

    deep in my soul, and there he took possession.

  6. What care I for my reproacher? I pay no heed:

    yearning is higher and more openly proclaimed.

  7. My cheek has indeed grown used to

    my tears; they have bloodied it and never ceased.

  8. Do not ask me to be patient over him:

    patience is frailer, feebler still.

  9. For him I have sacrificed my very being,

    and I heed no one who—

Sol 5.6