1. O you who came to me with
A letter complaining of heartache

2. Far from you what you complain about
And by the slanderers and talebearers

3. You have redoubled, O my soul
For my soul distress and affliction

4. And I said perhaps it is pain
That love is the cause of

5. And I went thinking it is words
That are deceiving me playfully

6. If only God would make it
Far from it, my master, lies