1. You see what I have of love for you
My heart is infatuated, and my inspiration is in you

2. You want me to be calm, if only I knew how
I would not remain deprived of well-being, always sad

3. For every lover there is in passion an art of agony
And leaving off hearing reproach in your love is my art

4. You have brought to my heart a savour, and to my eyes
A vision, and to my ears a hearing

5. The day of hopes is the day I win your nearness
And the day of rejection is the day you turn from me

6. When I spend the night frightened, threatened with betrayal
You are to my heart sweeter than safety