1. Patience is the greatest aid for the patient one
And were it not for the agony of love, love would not be sweet

2. When I love none but for the sake of communion
My love is for my soul, not for those I called "my love"

3. I am but a lover with a heart ever present
Remaining in the passion that my heart endures

4. It persists in yearning though distant from the shrine
My passion strengthens if the shrine draws near

5. Such is my way, so let all lovers emulate me
Else their claims of love are but lies

6. I answer easy what questions I am asked
Yet she to whom love's plaint is made is aloof