1. I see you promised me, so I thought I

    would attain what I seek from you.

  2. So I wasted the nights, reassured,

    and wasting them proved one of the gravest sins,

  3. because afterward you broke the promise made to me.

    So I returned with my disappointment, sorrowful and bewildered.

  4. And indeed my pain, had you said, 'Leave me;

    for I cannot do what you hope for,'

  5. would surely be better than your deceitful words to me:

    'On my head, and from my eyes—at your service!'

  6. And I am no ruler whose harm you fear,

    so that you say whatever pleases him,

  7. showing him love and approval while hiding

    hatred for him, while he knows nothing of hidden feelings.

  8. But I am a man who, if one day he attains

    his aims through your hand, is grateful;

  9. and if you offer him an excuse, so he may strive

    and meet a face other than yours, he will excuse you.

Sol 6.1