I am Jacob, crying cries,
Crying "Joseph, Joseph",
Crying till blood fills my eyes,
        Crying "Joseph, Joseph".

Heavens, weep ye for my ills,
For these ills you cause,
Like Majnun climb I to the hills,
        Crying "Joseph, Joseph".

Cloud above the landscape sails
Darkling - yet I cross
Twelve mountains and as many vales
        Crying "Joseph, Joseph".

Joseph has fled somewhere unknown;
I weep at lack of news.
So I trudge from town to town
        Crying "Joseph, Joseph".

He stumbled down a well, some say.
The moon's less bright than he.
I search Iraq and far away
        Crying "Joseph, Joseph".

My pain will Heaven overwhelm;
Birds pining share that pain.
I ruin mountains, Farhad's realm,
        Crying "Joseph, Joseph".

Time passes, ever passes by,
My soul burns by the hour.
At dawn and dusk I scan the sky
        Crying 'Joseph, Joseph".

No lip can Joseph's name withstand -
It's scenting rose on rose.
I seek him out from land to land
        Crying 'Joseph, Joseph".

0, would my constant tears could hail
Makhtumkuli1s friend
My voice rings like the nightingale
        Crying "Joseph, Joseph".