1. His love enslaves my heavy eyelids
And blocks my ears from heeding advice

2. With my own soul have I heard the slanderers accuse him
And bid, “Sell your beloved and seek another

3. That you may live in bliss”
To them I made a full confession and said

4. “Nay, I have chosen otherwise”
O you who string the pearls of verse

5. If the old proves true, how can I trust the new?