1. What a night I spent with the one whose union is truth
My heart throbs for him like his anklet bells

2. He envies my waist for being so close and eloquent
While his beauty and love have taken my soul captive

3. Beneath the shady palm, the rose garden is pristine
Where the birdsong is silenced only by the creek

4. The Nile has robed her banks in darkness
For fear of the rain’s arrows as they breach

5. The full moon is like a shining angel
Wrapped in a blue gown from the heavens

6. The stars are his subjects, their hearts aquiver
As they flutter and shake in awe of him

7. The moonlight flows, lighting up the river
Like wool or flocks suspended in it

8. The light dissolves above the water like molten silver
Shimmering over liquid porcelain, flickering quick