1. O sleepy-eyed one, our enemies have prevailed
And rejoiced at our decline and separation

2. Stop pouring us cups of pure wine
And make us drink again of sadness and sorrow

3. The hopes of union left us hastily
Until we were far from our wishes

4. Our souls surrendered to the darkness of despair
Except for the pain from the memory of our meeting

5. Yesterday the leaves filled us with joy
Today if they sing they would grieve us

6. For you have heard the commotion of our slanderer
And you have obeyed the gossip of passion about us

7. I did not think, O object of my hopes
That talebearers would make you shun us

8. And that what the envious claimed had power
To reassure your heart for a moment

9. That you would prefer doubt if
Suspicions were cast by the deluded amongst us

10. And that you were determined against our excuses
And heard not them, but heard our critics

11. You claimed we broke our covenant with you
And that another form allured and helped us

12. But we had no intimate but you in life
And none made us stray but those who make us stray

13. You and us are two stars orbiting
In a heaven spun by the love of our past days

14. However much we quarrel, longing unites us
Or if we part, love brings us together

15. So what you see today of my patience and composure
Is for dignity, which instructed us