CXXI + 

Sighing for the Absent One + 

Even in the recollection love is sweet with endless delights: love is therefore sweeter than wine. + 

The moment I recall the image of my loved one to my mind, that very moment all my sorrow is vanquished: ah, love is dear in all its aspects! + 

I was about to sneeze, but the fit passed away: is it that he was about to think of me but did not? + 

Have I at all a place in his heart? As for him, there is never a doubt but he abideth in mine. + 

He excludeth me jealously from his heart: is he not ashamed then to show himself ceaselessly in mine? + 

It is but the recollection of our union that keepeth me alive yet: what else of life is there in me? + 

Even with my memory full of him, my heart burneth within me: what then will be my case if I forget him? + 

How often soever I recall my beloved to my mind he will not be wroth with me: so much is the favour that my beloved bestoweth upon me! + 

When my heart thinketh on his cruelty who once said, We are not two but only one life and soul, verily my life ebbeth away. + 

O Moon! set not in the horizon, I pray thee, till my eyes look again upon him who, abiding still within my heart, hath yet parted from me. + 