1. Between coquetry and caution
You hint at danger!

2. Good news! As long as you are here
Why then do we make vows?

3. And you gesture to onlookers
A gesture of polite caution!

4. So that I may lose a kiss
That lingered awaiting me!

5. And I waited to pluck it
After the fruit had ripened

6. It is that, O heart of danger
Not the onlookers or the sight!

7. Youth played his tricks
And love in the blossoming charm

8. So he wandered, lost in reverie
And if he was gentle, he apologized!

9. And he waved so we would be refreshed
And he was absent so we would burn

10. And he was pleasing so we wouldn't see
A sun other than him, nor moon

11. And he was tender so we wouldn't see
A bird other than him, nor flower

12. And we would fly in our joy
Yearning for him and waiting

13. But there he was, apologizing
From us and hiding again!

14. It is that, O heart of danger
Not the onlookers or the sight!

15. Wander, O charming one
And frolic in yourself and blossom

16. For charm is but a flame
That dies out if it doesn't flare up

17. For charm is but a bird
That plunges if it does not fly

18. For charm is but a power
That languishes if it cannot prevail

19. As for those captivated
Between coyness and caution

20. They must know
O beautiful one, where is escape!

21. Or let them sleep to danger
And be content with your sight!