1. If my beloved heard my words of love
He'd say the birds in the branches sing

2. Words like sweet nectar to every heart
God made it pleasant and appealing

3. If you examine its delicate composition
You see in it eloquence and rhetoric

4. Yet many a fool stubbornly
Strays from the path of truth

5. Hoping I'll lend him an ear
While I block mine to his nonsense

6. Not knowing that my hearing
Is for words from my darling's lips

7. Only one who scorns his lovers
Would stray from the ways of beloveds