1. O you whom I do not abandon
Nor do I blame though my heart burns

2. What makes you doubt a lover
Who adores you though you spurn?

3. I turned from him though blameless
His weeping soaked his robe

4. Your rejection brought what he feared
And left him lifeless, uninterred

5.
How long will youth's sea whelm him?

6. Waves of beloved’s wrath submerge
He thrashes midst those breakers

7. Now sunk, now cresting their surge
When your coldness stung and bit him

8. He said, though your blows were rude
“If I've sinned, light of my eyes, forgive

9. The wrong, I pray you, make it right”
For favors you have granted me

10. I'm thankful with all my might
So pity your prisoner, I implore

11. Don't drive away your suitor
If his love is your possession

12. Then gently, not harsh, endure
Rebuff him not, let his calls touch you

13. And when he pleads, do not ignore
His heart is clenched in your love's fist

14. You wring and squeeze it sore
Your glances wound and shred him

15. Your coolness casts its spell
The wine cup of your excuse intoxicates

16. And makes him drunk past cure
His secret would have been shown

17. Had loyal friends not restrained
Recall their care, their constancy

18. Do not their merits forget
Please, please do not speak harshly

19. Lest your words break and upset
You've hampered his joy, deprived him

20. Of the sleep the happy gets
So soften your words, console him

21. At his call, do not reject