If you love me, if you sigh

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.