1. I was not inclined to passion before
Nor content with less than my fill of play and jest

2. But when they revealed my secret
Long hidden though it was

3. And blamed me for it, from first to last
I took courage and openly declared

4. My passion - no, by God! -
I did not, no! hold back

5. What I hid is now spread far and wide
And what I feared has come to pass