1. O you who wiped the kiss from his cheek
After you had given it to him

2. You feared that your beloved
Would recognize its imprint on his cheek and read it

3. If only we had known that this would be so
Whenever we kissed, we would have wiped it away

4. Leaving its trace remaining
So it could be recognized by whoever sought it

5. And we would not have left it as it was
Or erased it after imprinting it

6. Thus the remainder of the name would have been a dome
With an opening in your cheek as its course