1. O absent one, your memory ailing in my heart
I was patient with you though I had no patience towards you

2. Excuses may befit one who has sinned
But I have not sinned, so tell me how I can apologize

3. Rather, sins are forgiven before punishment for them
And what thing, if you punish it, can be forgiven?

4. And what thing can I use to lead my heart away from you
When my hearing and sight lead it to you?

5. Be wherever you wish, near or far
For my heart will tend to you even if my sight does not

6. My heart was content with your memory when it was revealed to it
But my eyes still long to see you