1. The appointed time has come, and the room - a den for trysts -
And the mistress of beauty came, like David's psalm,

2. So mankind fluttered in the silence that settled in the room,
And my passionate confusion arose between dawn and chastity.

3. A sigh rose from the burning of this fervent yearning,
And this body - oh my thirst - in your abode, how tempting!

4. You claim purity today, so what purity have you attained?
On the altar of the worshipped, your lasting purity.

5. A call between your eyes, like this anonymous night
Answering it, a smoldering yearning in my confused heart.

6. So I said: "O night, you who were a sacrifice at night,
Let us drown in the smoke of the body, passions and deprivation."

7. So the light fell asleep bashfully upon the lamp of tryst,
To be awakened only by the moans of tenderness,

8. And the night lay sprawled
At the oval window, peeking furtively, yearning

9. For our most intimate temple.
Thus the secret spread among the night, the stars and the flowers,

10. And lo, dawn came smiling
Upon the two lovers in their swoon.