1. My life is ruined by passion
And my affairs therein are confused

2. I spend the night depressed
While my heart in solitude withers

3. So my sleep is all wakefulness
And my life entirely sorrow

4. What I conceal of my love
And my grief, more than I describe

5. Is there a friend who would eulogize
What I face, and thus be swayed?

6. Does love unjustly kill me
When none among mankind is my heir?

7. It has left me like a frenzied knight
Whose reason has been overcast

8. Is not love an authority
Before which the cosmos trembles?

9. If passion is my adversary
Tell me, how can I get justice?