1. My eyes shed tears of sorrow for you
Though they've committed no sin or wrong

2. O you whom love seemed beautiful for
Even if in another it'd be ugly

3. You who contained perfection beyond all
Till beauty became as you wished and designed

4. No harm if the Master allowed a visit
To a lovesick soul who wholly resigned

5. Your beauty enviers tried to hide
They saw a crescent, but it was dawn's sunshine

6. By God if my enviers could but see
Your branch's peak, the difference would shine

7. Add to my soul more sparks or sleeplessness to my eyes
And to my bones, more emaciation and bewilderment

8. I who never complained of love's heaviness
Nor moaned when it flamed, keeping silent restraint