1. A frail body and a wounded heart
With tears streaming down my cheeks

2. And a beloved who is bitter as bile
Yet everything the Beautiful does is beautiful

3. Oh the confidant of my heart, grief has filled
My heart and scattered it to the winds

4. Be quick to reconcile or break things off entirely
So that in separation I may find peace

5. How can I wake love-sick when your eyelashes intoxicate
Like wine of Babylon, sweet in the early dawn

6. You are to my heart what a heart is
And to my soul in truth a soul

7. With my humility, to attain your love is precious
And in my brokenness, your gaze gives life

8. Have mercy on me in my fervent passion
I am dying of it, and you are my Savior

9. I have concealed my love with great effort and if
My love spills forth I shall confess it

10. Oh delicate gazelle who grazes brazenly
With no fear of the archers or hunters

11. You are my goal, sought from plains and highlands
As I come questioning and wander far