1. Let it please you that I did not obey a slanderer,
An enemy, nor in the mornings was I an ignoble hanger-on.

2. And that I was not miserly with you nor did I find
To subdue you anything but that which I do not care for.

3. And when we descended to the shade of the garden and the dew,
Graceful and an orchard of light encompassing,

4. The goodness of the place and its beauty readied for us
A wish we had wished for, so wishes became realities.