Since Thou hast been my chosen, blessed friend,My fortune in this world is Thy content.
The hidden heart cannot be satisfiedWith love save God's—and naught beside.
From Him I am a light upon the earth,And see in Him the whole of mortal birth.
I love Him whether I be blind or see,In waking vision or in mystery.
From Him I am a spirit swift in flight,That quenches thirst upon His fragrance bright.
I've spurned their riches of my own free will,And He hath given me His bounty still.
Lovers declare that I am like the gazelleWhose passion stirs the fancy lovers tell.
If what they claim indeed be true and fair,None but Him only can my soul declare.
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