1. When we embraced on the sandy night
And between us lay unsheathed blades

2. She said, does not my moist body please you
Nor my wrists, so soft as a child's?

3. Could you not bear your unsheathed sword
In this darkness just for me?

4. Look how tight is our embrace
Like a knot that cannot be unbound

5. No perfume flows between us
Nor excess like the crawling ant

6. I answered her, I fear if they find us
Your family or mine will kill you or me

7. Consider me like an idol one passes
So no eyes may light on us

8. For I fear dishonor will stick to me
One day, though I fear not death itself