1. We have intense passion for dark-skinned beauties
We prefer them over pale-faced girls

2. Their complexion has brightened our sights and recalls
The scent of musk and aloeswood in its hue and sheen

3. Nothing is finer than ebony mounted
On ivory, nor more healing for one lovesick

4. Do not crave a chalk-white complexion and turn
To a beautiful dark-eyed, dark-skinned belle

5. On her cheek is a mole, on her neck a curl
On her face, prey of elite hunters

6. Of Ham's lineage, my heart aflame with passion
From her estrangement, my eyes worn with sleeplessness

7. So my heart burns and my eyes know no rest