1. My friend, I have your soul, do with it what you will
It is mine to give for your eyes as ransom

2. Abandon me not to mere walls, my agony
Is too great for my body to bear

3. Since you left I have been ill, by God
I have no cure but to see you again

4. How can I assuage my sick heart when no
Water remains for my eyes since you left

5. Have mercy on a cheek faded by longing
And an eye worn by tears

6. I would be content with a glance from you
To heal the sickness overwhelming my heart

7. A glance that could kill or revive
For in wine lies both malady and cure

8. Do not take the sleep of the profligate for health
It is a disease that consumes the deceived

9. Some men seem hale yet in them
Lurks a latent sickness that hates the good

10. So beware of people as much as you’re able
For most men are nothing but enemies

11. Test me and you’ll find a loyal friend
Whom the winds of passion could not sway

12. Truthful in all that I say though around me
Gossip’s broad meadows hold sway