1. O you whose beauty is perfect, O you whose nature is tenderness
How many a passionate lover has love captured, how tender

2. And how harsh has his heart been to me, and not tender
O torment of passion, melt - for the beloved has eluded you

3. In him is a glance with kohl arrows that has eluded you
And be patient - for abstinence for him has certainly eluded you

4. When your fate and the extent of abstinence was decided