1. He hopes for my patience, but what patience
Can there be for a staunch heart that flows?

2. It says, when passion has loosened its reins,
"My heart was singled out for a far-reaching illness."

3. It spends the night like embers of unhealed wounds
And if it sleeps on a soft bed,

4. The friend sleeps, but the lovelorn
Has no rest, even when the friend slumbers.