1. I applaud your singing joyfully,
For it reminds me of your nearness to me,

2. You have not become distant, though closeness is my right,
What drives you away from me?

3. You have come closer to my heart than my jugular vein,
Yet you are not me.

4. Since finding you, my wishes,
I have ceased to wish from people.

5. In remembering you I find no solace in remembering myself,
Only the loneliness of the reproacher comforts me.

6. Since rejecting frivolity for your sake,
Make me follow the way of the righteous.

7. If I err in word or deed,
Know that thinking well of you is my success.