1. Eyes have cast arrows into my heart
Are they does with eyelids seeking battle?

2. Or ebony bows calling for combat?
Stabbing those who long for union

3. Or does with brows and cheek mole
That fell lions and hunt men

4. Or full moons rising unveiled
Or night suns showing us the crescent

5. Or are they, in beauty, lads of Eden
Who increase in radiance and perfection

6. Joseph of beauty, be loyal and fulfill
My heart cannot endure more

7. Oh my love, recall nights of nearness
That have passed, leaving only the guide

8. Would that I knew, when you grew distant
Was it disinterest or just boredom?

9. Or did the slanderers lie to you
And so separation from you dragged on?

10. Between us was only the bond of love
Of the heart's truth, not empty words