1. The cloud's water and the tavern and the wine
And the dove's son singing in the arbor so fine

2. The meadow's fresh with drops of dew that play
When the morning breeze makes shadows sway

3. The roses blush in the smiling dawn's bright rays
Their buds now open, their beauty to display

4. The clouds string pearls of their shimmering glow
Adorning the meadows where flowers grow

5. The earth is promised by clouds floating high
The soaking rain that will her thirst satisfy

6. The sky's grey gown is frilled with lightning white
That flashes bright then fades out of our sight

7. Treachery has dressed in its darkness and gloom
When from his bow the rainbow cast its loom

8. So doff deception's veil, leave fantasy
Wise discretion flees when truth we clearly see

9. Rise up and turn towards the joy right near
That answers gladness with never a fear

10. My golden cup makes the wine flow free
Sweetly it laughs as it passes round me

11. It came pure, blessed - what hand could refrain?
What heart not throb with this abundance of gain?

12. The space between the seal and where I drink
Is nothing - though others around me shrink

13. The green pillow's fringe brushes my side
Though sickness once made all my pleasure hide

14. A moon that battled my eyes and heart
But with my body made peace from the start

15. Or a gazelle, graceful, gentle and shy
Lovely when glimpsed by a lucky passerby

16. Dawn peers from her face, astonishing bright
Her slender fingers shine soft amber light

17. Her cheek and breast like sweetest pomegranate
Glowing with color so rich and ornate

18. Then loose your bonds, follow what pleasure demands
Deaf to the critics' shouts and waves of hands

19. In a garden where birds sing to and fro
The playing waters freely glide and flow