1. They are the gazelles, the beauties
Who have stirred longing in my heart

2. They have kindled in their thickets
A fire that relates the fire of the horseman

3. And unsheathed from their eyelids
A sword that leads the lanterns

4. And stabbed with spears
Like the swaying branches

5. And fought with arrows
From the bent eyes

6. A war has been waged on the leg
As if it were the war of Dahis

7. But they have a weapon
That frightens the horsemen

8. A sword, a spear, and an arrow
Who can fight them?

9. While I was on my guard
From the bite of war, watchful

10. When my heart became a corpse
Between dead and whispering

11. I was hit by an accurate arrow
From the sleepy eyelid of the snoozer

12. Perfect in creation and beauty
So every limb conforms

13. If it shows, it's a full moon
Dispelling clouds without rain

14. And if it bows, it's a branch
Of soft, flexing acacia

15. As if its cheeks
Were rosed by an unseen planter

16. Protected by a guard of coyness
From the spying picker's touch

17. As if its mouth were
A pearl without a diver

18. From which flows honey
Without a touching bee

19. Its scent is musk
Pervading the gathering

20. Graceful, with an unapproachable attitude
Difficult to tame, frowning

21. Concealed, no longer appearing
With union the morning despairs