You cannot speak about it [i.e. don’t pretend]
If you have never lived through love
And do not hold ill-feeling
[against something you haven’t experienced]
Me, it [love] found me
It was sudden
Tied me with rope

Its wound, there it is
Still spreading [through my body]
I could not sleep!

He who sowed the seed of love
I’m still shedding tears for him
Don’t just watch, come save me [i.e. love me in return]

I lost my appetite
The unbearable pain of love
I cannot endure it

It got stronger
It’s not merciful towards me
It frightens me

Its afflictions
Cut through my ribs
And broke my backbone in two

Oh you who sowed the seeds of love
I’m still shedding tears for him
Don’t just watch, come save me [i.e. love me in return]