1. She wrote on her ring's bezel:
He who loves and then sleeps, may he never rest

2. So I wrote on mine to reach her:
He who sleeps lacks the sense of one awake

3. She erased it and wrote to reach me:
He who loves does not sleep or lie down

4. I erased mine, then wrote myself:
By God, the first dead was inert

5. So she erased and wrote to counter me:
By God, I shall never speak to him again