1. By whose permission have you allowed my murder
Why have you forbidden our union

2. So how can I withstand estrangement
And how can I listen to blame

3. I am yours, longing
While others merely covet

4. O most generous to me
I have relished being humbled by you

5. You have conquered, O light of my eye
My heart, my mind, my all

6. O you who flee, disgusted
Be a traveling vision to me

7. O best of people in manner
In good character and looks

8. In every type and kind
Of beauty and merit

9. I see your meanings appear
As beauty that bewilders my mind

10. And none like you, whom I adore
Would abandon in love one like me

11. As long as you love, keep visiting
For it is a renewing spring to me

12. Sufficient for me, and for you, a misfortune
That brings separation from me

13. And after that, whenever
You see my face, turn away