1. My people thought that time would cure
The malady of my heart, but that's far removed

2. So they brought the doctor and he is indeed
Among the best in his profession

3. Since he saw my illness and symptoms of death
Were apparent, he checked my pulse and asked "Are you not doubtful?"

4. I said, "A fire that coldness cannot extinguish"
So the next day he set about making medicine, but found

5. The fire in my heart only grew stronger with the medicine
He said "This was not originally your sickness"

6. I said "It's because of my beloved, and that is an extreme condition"
He said "It is the air that has brought this affliction upon you"

7. I said "The confined one, not the outstretched one"
So he withdrew puzzled, and said to my people

8. "The cure for lovers is only the remote one"