1. The lover's heart is troubled by the beloved
Love is Joseph and the obsessed is Jacob

2. His conscience is aflame with burning embers
And his reason is plundered by passion and yearning

3. And someone asked me, "What is love?" I said to him:
"Patience and calmness in the face of ardor are overpowered"

4. O you who ask about the meanings of love, beware
For love is sweet but in it lies torment