1. The slanderers attacked my spirit with their malice,
And fabricated a shameful tale about me,

2. Excessively they resorted to all kinds of lies and trivialities,
Even attributing their own sins to me.

3. I said: you taught me foolishness since my childhood,
And selling my heart to you was one of my follies.

4. So how can love sprout when it draws lies,
And some of its soil is the mud of betrayals.