1. The phantom departed so I visited it in thought
Though the time of your abandonment may be fleeting

2. You barred its path, so it could not bear the journey
Did it sleep at your side, oblivious to the wakeful?

3. I hoped to greet it when I came to visit
But grasped only the shadow of the shrinking ghost

4. I made do with an imaginary visit
Finding its essence differed from its facade

5. And if you wish to depict yearning
Entrust the task to the mind of a poet

6. O you whose glance works magic with ruin
Did you hear of the charmer in the ruins?

7. I looked but found you have no means of conquest
Save with the edge of a languid, fading glance

8. Affirm your love in a fluttering heart
Else I wonder not at one caught in a snare