1. We have known the signs of denial, or what
Resembles denial in the absence of the messenger

2. And we were exposed at the raisins by what was
Sound to it of vileness and the face of inclusion

3. So we were surprised by turbid wines that were not described as
Tainted from their pouring or smooth-flowing

4. Of nectar whose scent is not the breath of musk
Nor its cheek a soft smooth cheek

5. It neither mellows the paths of veins nor seeps
Through a joint without a guide

6. And it is a sprinkling that if it were from the tears
Of sorrow, would not quench the heat of anguish

7. And as if the fingers had wrung it out
After toil from the water of a miserly face

8. In pious devotion it offered it or donated it
In charity to the son of the path

9. We have written you security, so do not ask
It for the age of this long time

10. How many covers we have tested its call
And learned much of it with little