1. You are my wish and desire,
You are whom I seek and want.

2. For you, O my love, I have a passion,
That perplexes any ardent lover to describe.

3. I refuse to pass my nights in talk
When you appear to me in the darkness or disappear.

4. And I turn away from one blaming my love for you,
When he hints at separation or complains.

5.
Go gently, O beloved of God, with one

6. Who gave himself up to love for you.
For you are my defender against harshness,

7. And my master, you are of noble lineage.
And O my love, after such acceptance,

8. For your sake tell me the reason for this.
For I am a lover as you know,

9. But your love is a wondrous thing.
When, O beautiful faced one, will I see

10. Your pleasure and this anger disappear?
The slanderers have spread that I became bored,

11. By God, my master, they have lied.
And one like you should not turn away

12. And desert a love who has loved.
I see in you such exquisite beauty,

13. That I am seized by rapture.
And I admire your graceful form,

14. Your gentle speech and great courtesy.
It is enough for you that you are the beautiful one,

15. The generous, of ancient noble ancestry.
By Him who adorned your brow,

16. And placed within your glances the grapes' juice,
And caused to sprout upon your cheeks beauty's blossoms,

17. Watering them with the water of flames.
If you are earnest or jest, you are the one I desire,