1. She passed, her hair touching mine
And desire stirred in my heart

2. She passed, I saw naught but tidings
Sweet and joyous in my chest

3. My heart knows her by her gait
By her shadow, breath, and scent

4. Would that our hair had embraced
In a knot none might untie

5. Would that she had paused in her swift steps
Paused for a moment before the Gathering

6. I complain of love to her, and she smiles at me
Softening if she hears my verse

7. I call you though I know not your name
A free man's calls in captivity

8. I sensed you by a promise that possessed
Glances to unlock thought

9. Did love lead what was not fate's decree
Or did fate hasten what love deferred?

10. I confess your secret, no, I restrain
Fearing sorrow if the mystery's revealed

11. Let my heart live content
Forever happy between visions and flowers

12. Would that when you went too far
I had kissed what my hair caressed

13. Would that what it caressed tomorrow
Were red, radiant petals

14. That you might adorn your hair with her charms
A gown of brilliance and scattering