1. I swam with my beloved
And played in his youth

2. Don't be surprised at my misguidance
I was intoxicated, intoxicated

3. And don't prolong my blame
For I did not sin in this

4. The mermaids called
My youth so I answered

5. In the sea and the waves I swam
Until I was tired

6. The maidens swam in it
With swimming until they surpassed

7. A white one inspires my soul
For her love I rested

8. Her eyes promised
A kiss if I woke

9. How can my heart wake
When from her beauty I drank?

10. If I was alone in the bay
I would have stolen her and left

11. A body of pure light
The buried would be jealous of it

12. If I was alone in the bay
I would have stolen her and left

13. These eyes look upon us
From their brightness, I shrank

14. The spies are around me
In any land I stayed

15. Let them hear as they wish
For my voice is for the beautiful

16. Beauty is my food
And my wine when I'm thirsty

17. I'm longing for the beautiful
Since I was born

18. From the fire of my heart arose
A fire that burned my head

19. Oh sea, what fish
Did I grill that I grilled?

20. And what sparkles in it
Stood for every desirer?

21. The beautiful in the bay is fire
I picked it up and got burnt

22. And I would have saved myself
And my mind if I wanted

23. But the heart did not know
That I broke my promise

24. Fifty years and my heart
Did not know that I loved

25. I am true to my pact
Goodness is in what I concealed

26. This poem is a martyr
That I screamed my salvation