translation Dancing to every look of the wine-giver, I drank Playing with the waves, I drank O Lord, forgive my sins That I was afraid, but still with great pleasure, I drank That I would drink without prerogative, when did I have such courage? With the acquiescence of my lover’s veiled eyes, I drank Close to me, far from me Someone surely lives in my heart Since I have seen her eyes This mild inebriation remains with me She lives in my heart Like light lives in darkness Now is the state of this man that all the time I remain enraptured, broken This mild intoxication It is the fault of your gaze That you have taught me how to drink With my desire, my longing for you Your flirtatious looks Have made me a lover of wine What a drink, what a high These are all your gifts How you have made me elated with your looks That I am not even aware of myself Have made me a lover of wine The whole world is exhilarated Day, night, morning and evening The heart is intoxicated, so is the mirror, the glass and even the wine itself Your captivating eyes have made everything delirious Every kind of wine resides in your cellar And then there is that look in those eyes as well I understand your cleverness well It is the fault of your gaze, but the blame is put on the wine Your flirtatious looks Have made me a lover of wine To love you is my life To love you is my bondage To love you is my life, To love you is my life Not prayer nor ablution do I know I prostrate when before me you come My life is only my love for you I am a true lover With no fear of the hereafter Now that my head has found your mat No need have I to search for heaven My bondage is to that spot Which is tied to no sacred place My taking one look at you By God is equal to prayer My life is only my love for you My life is only my love for you To take your name, To bow down before you My ardor tells me, To make you my God With your name on my lips, I remember you every where The world will forget me, If I forget you In my heart reside, Your many glories That candle which has not your light, Will be put out by me When I asked how rain happens From her forehead, she dripped a few beads of sweat When I asked how lightening falls She met my eyes, and then lowered her lids When I asked how night and day come together She moved the hair away from her face When I asked about the magic in music She whispered a few things sweetly Of my own desires when I inquired Quickly, she snuffed some candles And I was left saying, what a punishment for the sin of loving After inhabiting my heart’s world, you destroyed it Who will you torment after me? How will you obliterate me? Where will you direct your arrows? Thank my friendship Raise your hands and bless me That I have made you a murderer Look at me, desire of my life’s life That I am that same man When did you ever have such self-awareness Don’t argue with me like this In fact, be grateful That I was the one who taught how you to speak This mild intoxication It is the fault of your gaze That you have taught me how to drink