1. O my beloved friends, though I left against my will
And long for you still, with a burning desire

2. I obeyed passion though it was not my choice
And had I a choice, I would not comply

3. I kept faith with the pact of love between us
No secrets betrayed, though far I now lie

4. If in my absence you’ve found solace, then I
Have found it too, but lost comfort and rest

5. Ask the stars to tell of my state in darkness
Seek not what my heart in its pain can’t confess

6. Stand, and from afar hear that I who was deaf
Can hear now the one who before could not hear

7. If lightning flashes, it’s sparks from my passion
If floods flow, it’s the tears that I’ve wept here

8. This year, they say the valleys grew green, but
Without my tears they would still be austere

9. O moon, since you left, my eyes know no joy
Your rising perhaps gives comfort anew

10. Among lovers, I’m not the first to so suffer
Nor the first to be struck down by love untrue

11. If God grants me safety, then I shall return
Though long be the days till we meet there anew