1. The one whom desires aim at his nobility
While others because of greed make themselves abject

2. Had I been of those who accept wronging themselves
I would have avoided estranging myself from the intimacy my soul desires

3. Passion inclined my heart to obey its rule
So precede me before blamers blame me

4. Make me fancy like lovers, frighten me
Avoid him or jesting would ruin my seriousness

5. Yet I meet him with a hermit's serenity
Though in his hand is the knot of my heart and its resolution

6. I divert my eyes contemplating his beauty
And dislike what pleases anyone else the least

7. No good is in one passion rules his opinion
Even if the yearning heart possesses its rope