I feel burning inside 

No water can I drink

No food can I eat

My lips are tightly shut

 

Like enfeebled inpatient

Unable to go further than

The mattress and the pillow

Who is only allowed a visit

 

I have spent a long time 

Looking for the right decision

I turned every written page

In search of my fate

 

While others soundly sleep

In the midst of the night

I engage in futile discourse

Disputing with the tidings of the time

 

I find greetings tasteless

Socialisation I enjoy no more

So scary do I feel

And often prefer loneliness

Roaming aimlessly in the plains

 

He took possession of my heart

His love so overpowering

I am under such irresistible spell

I shy away from social gatherings

And keep to my own all the time

 

My direction and my discretion

My senses of hearing and seeing

Have been rendered blunt

Calling for you in the wilderness

 

I walk the harsh stony land

And bear the burning heat of sand

And loaf about 

Under the scorching sun

Mindless of my destination

 

Many are the times I got lost

And fell into pit holes

Risking my life in your pursuit

Getting into even insecure caves

 Humans I have shunned their company

And chosen the beasts in the bush 

Including the oryx and the kudus

The wild and the fearful

In the animal world

I find solace in their company

 

The hardships that I suffer

The misery seen over me

The withering of my frame

Would have long vanished 

With the pleasure of your sight 

 

Inward I feel the thirst

The heart fails to function as before

The lips are rendered speechless

And the eyes keep blinking

 

The pride of all men

The fearless hero

The dear of my choice

Unbreakable as steel

The desire of my soul

The preferred one of all men

 

How comforting it would be 

To hark the good news

 So soothing to welcome

So relieving the anxiety

To gain sight of you 

Is a bliss beyond compare