1. My soul ransoms you, though its ransom is meager
Join the eloquence of speech with the eloquence of deed

2. Show me in my affair some effort from you
That makes clear your preoccupation with me is like mine with you

3. When I urge you in my letter, you remember
A care that is no jest

4. If I neglect to urge you, you sleep forgetting me
And for that, O my hope, I am not entitled

5. They make an effort to free me from captivity
Make a similar effort to free the likes of me