If you love me, if you sigh
Only for me, dear shepherd,
I am sorrowful for your sufferings;

yet I delight in your love.
But if you think that
I must in return love only you,

Little shepherd, you are subject
To deceiving yourself easily.


The beautiful purple rose
Will Silvia choose today;
With the excuse of its thorns,

Tomorrow, then, will she despise it.
But the advice of the men
I will not follow -

Just because the lily pleases me,
I do not have to despise the other flowers.