1. By Him who granted you power and might over me,
And who weakened my own strength and force,

2. Truly God created this passion for you sincerely,
And established it firmly in my heart without deceit,

3. Ask the night about me - do I taste its repose?
Or does my breast find rest upon my bed?

4. I suffer agony for one who, were he to say to the sun "appear",
It would obey him, or come forth though walking reluctantly,

5. A staff of basil wood, but not in its usual hue,
And a mother of pearls, but not in her customary setting.