1. A beloved whom God showed me the day we parted
I went astray, not seeing in his love my rightmindedness

2. I softened towards his utter ugliness, softness
Did you not, my heart, lead me to love him?

3. I saw him with a face so ugly the eyes blink
He has the form of the sun in bleary eyes

4. No wonder that he who was like him
Resembled the beloved in confusion and rejection

5. Unless he were totally an ape, his story would not be complete
And in ugliness, the image of the ape would not be perfect for him