(English translation)
He who, most ungrateful, leaves me, I belove;
And he who, devoted, wants me, I dare leave.
Thus, I constantly adore who makes me grieve;
I aggrieve who, ever constant, offers love.
When I offer my love, a diamond hardens;
And a diamond I am to sweet affection.
Great victory I want for cruel rejection,
And I kill he who fills, with mirth, my gardens.
If I’m kind to one, I waste my fierce desire;
If I beg love, I compromise my glory.
In either way, in despair my life I mire.
And yet, I choose to live the better story
By being, to one unloved, the raging fire
Than to a scornful heart, a nonsense hoary.