Alardee quien tiene buena estrella
De honores y de títulos pomposos;
A mí Fortuna me impidió esos triunfos
Mas me ha brindado dicha en lo que honro.
Caléndulas al sol, los favoritos
Del príncipe exhiben rubias hojas
Sepultando en sí mismos todo orgullo,
Pues basta un guiño para fulminarlos.
Al guerrero famoso por su enjundia,
Derrotado después de mil victorias,
Del libro del honor lo borran pronto
Y con él se olvidan todas sus proezas.
Feliz soy en amar y ser amado
Donde no soy mudado ni mudable.

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 foiled,
Is from the book of honour razed quite,
And all the rest forgot for which he toiled:
Then happy I, that love and am beloved,
Where I may not remove nor be removed.