My beloved and sweetheart took my heart and soul.

Took my heart and soul, my beloved and sweetheart.

From the lips of my beloved, my soul comes to life.

My soul comes to life from the lips of my beloved.

My paradise is the dust of the street of the friend.

The dust of the street of the friend is my paradise.

This bewildered heart of mine is passionately in love with you.

Is passionately in love with you, this bewildered heart of mine.

My Joseph of Canaan is more beautiful than Egypt.

Egypt is more beautiful, my Joseph of Canaan.

The cypress of my garden is your heart-ravishing stature.

Your heart-ravishing stature is the cypress of my garden.

My sweet-singing Hafez is the pure essence of perfection.

The pure essence of perfection is my sweet-singing Hafez.