Let those who are in favour with their stars

Of public honour and proud titles boast,

Whilst I, whom fortune of such triumph bars,

Unlook'd for joy in that I honour most.

Great princes' favourites their fair leaves spread

But as the marigold at the sun's eye,

And in themselves their pride lies buried,

For at a frown they in their glory die.

The painful warrior famoused for fight,

After a thousand victories once foil'd,

Is from the book of honour razed quite,

And all the rest forgot for which he toil'd:

Then happy I, that love and am beloved

Where I may not remove nor be removed.

讓那些人（他們既有吉星高照）

到處夸說他們的顯位和高官，

至于我，命運拒絕我這種榮耀，

只暗中獨自賞玩我心里所歡。

王公的寵臣舒展他們的金葉

不過像太陽眷顧下的金盞花，

他們的驕傲在自己身上消滅，

一蹙額便足雕謝他們的榮華。

轉戰沙場的名將不管多功高，

百戰百勝后只要有一次失手，

便從功名冊上被人一筆勾消，

畢生的勛勞只落得無聲無臭：

那么，愛人又被愛，我多么幸福！

我既不會遷徙，又不怕被驅逐。