1. My nights, how could you obey the serpent of passion
And poison the ardent heart?!

2. You swore you were not flirtatious
Even if you met the most fervent love!

3. And I was the stupid infatuated one...
I believed the stubborn lies!

4. I should have deserted you
When I was the most affectionate!

5. Do not think I am the lamb
For I am the roaring lion!

6. You will not pluck from me, for I have
Turned away, the branches of ripeness!

7. And sorrow will hurt you
And time will reap its harvest from you!

8. I see you as a poem,
Tattered, with jumbled letters!

9. So expect nothing but aloofness
From me, how wonderful to be remote!

10. Yesterday you were the full moon
Shining, then eclipse befell you!

11. No longer do I dream of pearls
Or yearn for the passionate one!

12. Rather, I dream of the chaste maiden
Adorned with a merciful heart!

13. So turn away from me, as you turned away
And place passion above the shelves!