- The lover is always imagined to be the victim of the tyranny of the cold-hearted and vain beloved, who gives no heed, revels with his rivals, pays no attention to his sufferings, gives no hearing to his appeal, and when she responds, responds so little that instead of being cured the malady is increased.
- The lover holds his unruly heart for mercy before the beloved, taking it on his palms. He places his heart at the feet of the beloved, who coldly treads upon it, while he is crying, "Gently, beloved, gently! It is my heart, it is my heart."
- The heart of the lover sheds tears of blood.
- The lover presses his heart, keeping it from running away to where the beloved is.
- The lover complains of his heart being so faithless as to have left him and gone to the beloved.
- The lover begs of the beloved to give his heart back if it be of no use.
- The abode of the heart is in the curls of the beloved.
- The lover is restless, uneasy, and unhappy in the agonies of separation. Nights pass, days pass, all things change but the pain of the lover. The pain of love is his only companion through the nights of separation.
- The lover asks the weary night of separation, "Where wilt thou be when I am dead?" The lover expects the coming of death before the coming of the beloved. He begs of the beloved to show herself to him once before he dies.
- He prays the beloved to visit his tomb, if not for love, at least for appearances' sake.
- The lover only wishes the beloved to understand him, to know how much he loves and what sufferings he is going through.
- The lover wishes constantly that either the beloved would come to him or he might be called to the beloved; even the sight of the messenger of love makes the beloved cross.
- The good and ill of the world is nought to the lover.
- The lover complains of being robbed of ease, patience, and peace, and of having lost his religion, morals, and God.
- The lover is seen without hat and shoes, and regarded as crazy by his friends.
- He tears his garment in the agony of pain.
- He is tied in chains for his madness.
- He has lost honor before all.
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