1. I asked the doctors, all learned men,
Experts in medicine and intelligence,

2. About the illness of love - alas! When love is distant
There is no cure for the lover's agony.

3. May God grant that sorrow passes;
For hope of union is itself a remedy.

4. If lovers could not sometimes meet
They would not endure the nights of separation.

5. If the beloved's estrangement lasts or grows,
That is an illness which comes with its cure.

6. So let those who walk the path of love and passion
Follow the example of past lovers and be patient in trial.