1. If I loved, I did not ask
And if I associated, I did not sever

2. And if people rebuked me
I persevered and did not listen

3. I have experienced what harms
And I have experienced what benefits

4. Nothing equals passion
It melts the body and does not relent

5. Nor does estrangement, it does not inspire
Towards death, nor make me rush

6. Reproach has pained me
But passion is more painful

7. And my strength in love
Was in intention, so I summoned it

8. But when I wanted to ask
And from your love they turned away

9. That is lack of reason
So I cannot do anything

10. No, by God, I have not
A defender against what has befallen me

11. Nor with you do I have refuge
Nor without you, a place to return

12. Nor in me estranging you
If not for your injustice, a position

13. Is there for me a supporter from you
When calamity descends?

14. Alas, I have a body that decays
And no eyelids that weep