1. If she would turn away from the gray hairs of my head, she whose face
Is fairer than the fairest white.

2. If she were just, she would not turn away from one like her.
She would not change her love for me into hate.

3. I turn away from her while nightingales sing in the thickets,
And one who bears love like mine turns away.

4. I was not pleased with acceptance before loving her.
Make me pleased with that which did not please me.