1. O you who forbid my eyes the joy of intimacy,
My soul protects you from harm and sorrow.

2. By God, my soul finds no rest but in you,
Nor does it yearn for any other home.

3. Even if passion rends my liver,
I will not say, as you told me, that I have betrayed you - I have not.

4. Today's pains make me a stranger,
Rightfully, for I have transgressed against fate.

5. So do not deny the flock what you know
I have always held as certain, and abandon me for mere suspicions.

6. For since love took root in my heart,
I swear by God, I have loved you more than my soul or body.