Sol 6.1

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

    And I did not return until I had reckoned my heart lost to it.

  2. I tested love before falling in love, and found it

    Bondage without release, sickness without a cure.

  3. My life be ransom for a beloved whose name I do not disclose.

    And every lover speaks of the beloved indirectly.

  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 my love for you, have I any hope of meeting you?

    For, because of you, I pass from anguish to anguish.

  6. On every road to you, death awaits me,

    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 free of love."

  8. Flashes of lightning heralding union gleamed, and I watched them.

    So, O distance, away with you! The time of nearness has drawn near.

  9. I have survived—but can a remnant of burning anguish survive,

    Tossed by longings from side to side?

  10. I attained my wishes from the one I love, through love for him;

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

Sol 6.1