Don't stir my heart full of sorrow and tears; I am separated from my tall and beautiful lover; Before, I tended to her garden; After a raid I am separated from quince and pomegranate alike;
Like a crane circling in the sky; Like an owl perching itself on a desolate land; I cried endlessly like Mecnun; Like Ferhat I was separated from my sweet beloved.
Remarks about the translation
Mecnun and Ferhat respectively are two tragic figures akin to Romeo and Tristan.