1. Deliver to my beloved's abode a message
More gentle than the breeze of morn upon one drunken with wine,

2. And tell him I have languished since we parted,
Enduring an affliction that leaves a child gray-haired.

3. If he consents, then thank him for the kindness he has shown,
And for his goodness make allowance if he frown or turn away.

4. Reproach him not, for I fear that if he blushes,
The spark may catch fire and into full flame leap.