1. I saw the full moon shining in the sky,
So I said: O sun of the day, be shy!

2. O love of my heart, now in danger you lie,
No intimate union with you have I.

3. When will you visit my home, O moon?
When will we visit, O moon, my home?

4. O you whose cheeks hid his eyes from view,
You've wounded my heart with refusal and rue.

5. When will I see you return, O whim?
When will I see you return, my whim?

6. My love, you blame me, how unjust!
You've disturbed my peace after it was just.

7. When will your blame turn to kindness?
When will your blame turn to faithfulness?

8. O you who stabbed my heart with parting's sword,
And shot my soul with arrows in horde,

9. I'm sick from those whom with union you bless'd.
I'm sick from union you gave others, not me.

10. When will you grant me my wishes, pray?
When will you come to visit me one day?

11. Gently, my darling, my death is near.
Gently, my darling, my death draws near.

12. O you who raised then abandoned our affair,
With certainty, how many hearts did you ensnare?

13. I met you, my love, bent like a reed.
I met you, my love, all bent like a reed.

14. How sweet is union with you, what a treat!
No bee extracts honey from fruit so sweet.

15. Bewildered, my mind is lost in this affair.
Bewildered, lost in this is my mind, I swear.