1. My heart rejoiced with glad tidings
Of my beloved though my enemies grieved

2. So joy upon my heart did crowd
As crowds upon meadows flowers strewed

3. And problems that confounded me
In dawn's first light were all unglued

4. Good news that gladdened my poor heart
Was like the lover meeting his beloved anew

5. After she shunned him and made depart
Our souls almost poured out with fright

6. Like blood that flows with tears in plight
With your brilliant words that made glow

7. Solace that eased Our Lady’s woe
O you who suffered at the hands of time

8. I gestured to aid you however I know
Don't fret, for you're not the first virtuous soul

9. Accused falsely, though you forego
A youth's merit makes foes jealous boil

10. Yet merit for foes is still virtue's robe
You have examples in saints of yore

11. Without whom ignorance would all entomb
If jailed your treasures are safe in store

12. In veils and secrecy they bloom
Pearls are found between layers of earth

13. And jewels underneath waters loom
The moon hides behind clouds and then shines bright

14. The sun's brilliance clouds presume
It's enough that they have fallen from grace

15. While you remain aloft virtue's plume
No hour made the righteous their robes displace

16. And the noblest wears morals costume
You have surpassed envious hands so far

17. That couldn't reach where the heavens strewn
If they pelt you it is from afar

18. Better to be pelted than festoon
Their fiery darts that set ablaze

19. The hearts that envy had consumed
For your sun of merit lit their malaise