1. In obeying the critic
And in the passion of love

2. I disobeyed every chider
And obeyed with infatuation

3. As for me, I have no escape
From passion

4. I am infatuated with a gazelle
Difficult to please and eager

5. I remained scheming
In his grasp a shirt

6. With a beautiful appearance
Above embroidered clothes

7. Swaying in tresses
I have no control over them

8. O He who is sworn by
The injustice of this lad

9. Who robs me of my sleep
And makes me sick

10. He has corrupted people
With every kind of passion

11. More unjust than Sodom
Running the course of time

12. To the heart of an ignorant man
More obedient than a rein

13. I hung him as a gazelle
With the Romans his destination

14. His belt enticed me
To my youthful restraint

15. If he said something to me
I wouldn't understand his meaning

16. Or if I complained of my worries
He wouldn't know what's wrong

17. For the heart is in the snares
Of his passionate hands

18. I swore by the Gospels
And the sanctity of Christ

19. That I will not obey the chider
Regarding you or take advice

20. So how much longer will you procrastinate
O one burning with agony

21. My features have been distorted
With sickness from the eyes

22. So have mercy on the moaning of a weak man
Without it, nothing is clear

23. Tell me, how can one feel at ease
A love-struck youth

24. Whose tongue is eloquent
But love incomprehensible

25. Is there anyone to translate?
A boy whom Rome loved

26. How can we restrain the tongue
At times I do not complain

27. Of a lover with no translator