1. For the sake of a singing girl of slender shape since she saw
The rule of time over youth take its course,

2. And after blossoming and purity dawned on her
The morning of old age that mars the night of maidens,

3. She decided, since she did not rise as I wished,
That I would not exist and her neighbors cease to appear.

4. No, never, her crescent will not wane after that
In the sky of my homes.

5. So she took to filling her hand with coins
To deter her from the circle of the immoral;

6. And I plied her with wealth to gain her consent
Until she made lawful her right hand with my left.