1. My soul has restrained its desires
In all of its corners

2. So return from what opposes it
And advise it with what is in it

3. If you do not know its origins
You do not ignore its endings

4. And if you studied its foundations
Ask the builder of the house

5. And if its Creator whispers to you
Give the bow to its archer

6. For He is most knowing of what is in it
And most caring in avoiding it

7. If its hidden aspects become clear
And its faults become exposed

8. You will see fear come to it again
Of obscenity and come to it again

9. So its pleasures will disturb it
And its pleasures will disturb it

10. Its prohibitions are its cures
Its cures are its prohibitions

11. Guide it, O its meanings!
Its meanings have become tender

12. So if strength fails it
Sing in its rhymes