1. I longed for the Tigris to draw near, before this
But did not succeed in gaining access to the sanctuary

2. Yet events made it submissive
And led it, so it came to reside near me

3. It strode towards me in the darkness, yearning
Loaded with instruments of ruin

4. And it spent the night, teeming about my proximity
While I passed the night seeking escape from it

5. And passion assailed it insistently, so it spent the night
Threatening to storm the wave into my house