1. Your right upon me time has not made waver
Though state may change or circumstance alter

2. So hear no ill of me, I do implore
When slanderers whisper, doubt me no more

3. My faithfulness to you is still the same
My love endures, from you it took its name

4. None in your place within my heart e'er dwelled
For every love a place is held

5. My passion for you makes all hardship seem
As nothing, though disgrace extreme

6. Grant me your pardon if you see me stray
That eyes may rest or heart be comforted one day

7. From you all wrong is right whate’er befall
As pleasant is the smoke that leaves the lit coals

8. God guard the folk whose friendship I have lost
And I was faithful, staunch, whate’er the cost

9. Full many a purpose has blind fate denied
For fate in things plays errant guide

10. Yet intention counts, as sages say
Until the means and time make way