As white thou art in beauty and in name.

Oh gentle Blanca, in whose snowy breast

Nestleth the bliss of love for which I yearn,

Before my breast, with woeful tears oppressed,

Doth unto dust and wretched earth return,

Show that thine own is in some way distressed

With all the grief and pain wherein I burn,

A guerdon this will be, so rich and sure

As to repay the evil I endure.

Thou'rt white as silver; for thy loveliness