1. O you who makes promises of favors
Yet withdraws when I ask, where is the promise?

2. Modesty's dyer stays blushing in his cheek
Tired, at times turning yellow, at others turning red

3. What harm would it do you to console a lover
Restless, roused and rested by his passion for you?

4. Eyes find their sleep and his sleep
Till dawn a pleasure not to be found

5. And when the hated night grows short for him
He has a long-lived night that has no end