1. Is he worn out, with no comforter?
Or afflicted with enduring passions?

2. Or did a moment outpace him and so sicken
His innermost being with lovesickness of the eyelids?

3. The cheek’s mole preoccupied him while it is but
A beauty spot - so when might he meet some of what he has met?

4. Were it not for the full moons in his cheek and the soft down,
No thicket-dweller would yearn for such a place.

5. Cares pass by; but what befalls the youth
From one day to the next when they meet?

6. O cupbearer of lovers, go gently with the pouring;
Pour gently and give me to drink, o cupbearer:

7. When I pass by the abode of she with whom I once mingled,
We weep, even if just a little.

8. If you have not tasted love, well I
Am drunk with a deep draft of love.

9. I knew naught of wine and weeping
Save through parting from my beloved fellow wilderness-rover.