1. You acted coy when I said, “Do not act coy.”

    I wish that, when you defied me, you had not doubled the offense.

  2. Yet there was elegance in leaving off the dye;

    You left it off neither for my sake nor for elegance.

  3. I forbade you that adornment, for I

    Am content with your beauty without that adornment.

  4. If my soul departed, I could bear it; but I could not bear

    Your departure from that curtained chamber.

  5. You did not heed my words, nor was my bond with you respected;

    You did not keep your pledge to me, nor did you stop.

  6. Whether this is coyness in love or deliberate estrangement,

    Do not combine the two and go too far.

  7. Either be coy in proportion to your actions,

    Or be fair in proportion to your coyness.

  8. You granted me favor in the past and deceived me;

    You granted it before only to break your promise.

  9. If I had no need of you, I would not have humbled myself

    Before you. If you do not know that, know it now.

  10. The jealousy of lovers is their fidelity,

    And any lover who feels no jealousy will not be faithful.

Sol 6