1. Sleep was chased from my eyes by a vision
Of my beloved, so I stayed up herding the flocks

2. Urging them on though they were many
For she was distracted by the one I love

3. They hid him from me so I would stop
Pining for him from afar, but I only grew more lost

4. They did not see that every time they pulled him
Further away, he only drew nearer to me after