Sol 6.1

  1. A banner of love appeared; I made my way toward it.

    And I did not return until I had counted my heart lost for its sake.

  2. I had tested love before this love, and found it

    Bondage without release, sickness without a cure.

  3. My soul be ransom for a beloved whose name I do not reveal.

    And every lover speaks of love in veiled terms.

  4. Love for him wasted me outwardly, after wasting me within.

    So my body is without a soul, and my heart without reason.

  5. By love of you, have I any hope of meeting you?

    For I pass from one anguish over you to another.

  6. On every path of mine toward you lies death.

    As though, in your absence, I were at war with the days.

  7. I wept, and they said, 'You are revealing your love.'

    I kept silent, and they said, 'You are devoid of love.'

  8. Flashes of lightning gleamed, heralding union—[final word unclear as written].

    And oh, after remoteness, the time of nearness has drawn near!

  9. I have survived—yet can a lovesick lover survive with burning anguish,

    As yearnings toss him from side to side?

  10. I attained my wishes from the one I love, through his love,

    And the one in the Lord's care cannot do without the Lord's mercy.

Sol 6.1