1. Oh, show me how the path to union may be found—

    for all the ways to you have closed in upon me.

  2. Oh, would that I knew: whether nearness to you, for one who has become

    reduced to his last breath, may be won—and whether he can yet be saved.

  3. And, O my fair beloved, does it please you to see

    that I am a slave while you are the master?

  4. And if my fate, after your distance and estrangement,

    should one day, smiling, grant me nearness to you,

  5. I would cry out at the very top of my voice, rejoicing,

    and chant: “This day, to me, is blessed!”

Sol 5.6