1. I love you as souls love their own survival;

    I yearn for you as the thirsty yearn for the watering place.

  2. I journeyed away from you, while my heart remains as it was:

    patient under affliction, abiding in passionate longing.

  3. Even if my betrayal should assail you, I remain faithful;

    and if you betray my covenant, I remain true to the bond.

  4. We have alighted in the land of sinners, and my heart’s desire is—

    to meet you, which heals, and to be united with you, which avails.

  5. I shall decay, but my secret—love of you—shall not;

    and if I die, it will keep me company in the grave’s loneliness.

Sol 5.6