1. They ask me, why is your color so pale?
I said to them, it's because my beloved reproached me.

2. I consoled myself for one alive by their absence,
And I had come to dislike them for a long time.

3. But when their letter came to me,
And renewed for me the memory of them, it made me ache.

4. And reminded me of a time passed in their company,
So my heart now beats constantly.

5. My greetings be upon you, as long as I and the stars revolve,
And as long as the planets turn in their orbits.