1. The lover claimed that love comes and goes
By his acceptance or by the acceptance of the beloved, so I asked him

2. Did you love me by acceptance
Or are you empty, untouched by what I have touched?

3. So he cast modesty over his two gardens and groves
With fire, bowed his head, and kissed me

4. Then left, his face saying
Those tender young girls I've worshipped since I was a lad

5. This art from you, through you, gained light
And I was perhaps taught it in your book when young

6. Will you doubt, when you're my teacher
That I have mastered it, that I have perfected it?