1. Together we withdrew to a secluded place,

    passing our conversation back and forth.

  2. She asked me, “Have you tired of us, or turned to someone other than—

    —us with a fierce love and ardor?”

  3. I said, “Never! How much I owe your eyes

    in gracious favor—how much has kept being offered and bestowed!

  4. As long as I live, I shall repay the debt in longing,

    in yearning for your sanctuary, and in sleeplessness;

  5. and in a resounding poem, every verse

    with a thousand raging winds behind it that never subside.

  6. That is my pledge to you: how often the heart has failed—

    —to pay love’s debts or keep a covenant.

  7. And the promises you made my heart—

    I cannot see myself living until they are fulfilled.”

Sol 5.6