1. Delicate, yet heavy-laden, you see her,
As if half her being was deprived of nourishment.

2. When absence renews the beauty of something,
Of things, it is presence that renews her.

3. She has saliva that pleases the lips
And quenches thirst but does not slake it.

4. And breaths like the breaths of young gazelles
Before dawn when the sky rains upon them.

5. Her breathing spreads magic at dawn, so it came
With it the ease of enchantment smiled.