1. O my neighbor, divorce me, for that is how
People's affairs go, advancing and fading.

2. And make peace with me, for peace is better than conflict,
Else strife shall remain hanging over your head.

3. It was no grave crime that you committed,
Nor did you bring lasting shame upon us.

4. Tell me of your chastity, for it is no dishonor,
Nor towering over us, but matching and suiting.

5. And taste, my people, for I will be tasting
A girl of a people like what you are tasting.

6. For among the youths of your people was my marriage,
And the tall, slender youths of fluttering sleeves.