1. Oh you whose nature is sweet! You have become sweet
Not by perfume making you sweet

2. But by a soul within you
When embrace draws you near

3. And lips cool and fresh
Upon which wonders flow

4. And a face like the full moon
Crowned with a diadem

5. And an eye that bewitches the eye
Though no sorcery is in it

6. And a neck that adorns your figure
Adorned by necklaces

7. And a cheek resembling pearls
Like the cheek of an oryx, smooth

8. And a throat between two valleys
That heals the afflicted eye

9. Upon it jewels of reddish green
And rubies are arrayed

10. And something between two thighs
Like the mound of a flowing stream

11. And love for you has spread
And verses for you are composed

12. If only your face and attire and scent
Would give us life, and we would live by you

13. For life is a thing much loved
Love has ordained me obedience

14. And the fetter of love holds fast
You shake the heart with it

15. As the dangling trinkets shook
And promises like the honeycomb’s harvest

16. But that is deceitful
So my eyes pour forth tears

17. And my heart is anguished by you
And if you wished, we could enjoy

18. Even if Jacob forbids
So my eyes shed bloody tears