1. I hung it when nothing of it had blackened but the stopper,
And ample Dayjur was trailing over the rear.

2. With a form whose bending lines lent it suppleness,
And a face like the full moon when it is complete.

3. For a time we halted, greeted by a glance,
And a session of intimacy that conquers the heart with flames.

4. I had no daring to assault her wrongfully,
Nor did she have pity to show mercy to one slain.

5. But when we both showed coyness and modesty
And I was led to kissing, I employed great cunning.

6. I placed my fingers over her eyes as blinders
And closed my own eyes, so the kisses spread wide.

7. I sipped, made fragrant by the breath of musk from her,
As though into the pale red sap sweetness was poured.

8. And I contrived that, whenever I kissed her,
O what a cunning device to attain one's hopes!

9. This went on, so her shyness departed,
And we attained a state of no shyness or shame.

10. Then I embraced bracelets and anklets from her wrists and feet
And plucked roses and buds from her cheeks.

11. I encircled our two necks with the necklace of her hair
Which, if it slackened from the nape, crept to the collarbone.

12. I avoided what the licentious choose of it,
An ugly deed that causes loathing and disgrace.

13. Unlike any lover of my youthful passion
I attained the object of my desire, incomparably.