El lirio [English translation]

There's a lily that is consumed by time

and there's a fountain that turns it green,

you are the lily - so bestow your perfume onto me

I am the fountain - so let me run.

There's a sad and wandering traveler

and there's a moon who bestows her radiance,

you are the moon that lights my path

and I shall be the traveler of your love.

And there's a bird that whines night and day

and there's an angel that comes to console it,

you are the angel, oh sweet lover of mine,

I am the bird - so let me fly.

And with this you will understand, my dear;

that I adore you with fervor passion,

don't be ungrateful and may your drifting cease,

that which calms the fire in this heart.