1. I visited her shyly like a monk
My hopes confined to being near her

2. But when she held my hand
The world felt cramped despite its vastness

3. As if our world was but an arm's length
I had no place but next to her

4. I clung to her by force, but I
Did not intend to take her by force

5. She's the one who leaned close and in a blink
I felt her lips next to my mouth

6. Oh, youth who does not know
What seclusion leaves in its wake

7. I admired the beauty that drew me to her
And made me eager to pull her close

8. My face disappeared in the dusk of her hair
And she let down her eyelashes ready for plunder

9. Before I knew it, passion had robbed me
And tucked me into her gown

10. She giggled and did not hesitate, does a thirsty one
Refuse the cup passed to him?

11. I sipped from her lips a draft
That I slept drunk on in her bosom

12. She is like a juicy grape, the symbol of renewal
Better than wine or pouring it

13. With her I imbibed the cure for passion
No remedy but through her

14. Oh draft, the drops of ecstasy
None but God can turn it back to wine

15. I closed my eyes lest I see
What distracts the besotted from their drinking

16. Then I found passion anew in another
Not minding her coy teasing

17. She claims I stole her beauty in secret
A claim, if true, I have an excuse

18. Perhaps she means to wade her way across
By God, I don't know in what transpired between us

19. Who sinned, was it I or was it she?
I came with my heart, and it joined her followers

20. Only to return, lost from her party