1. The graceful gazelle's reproach delighted me,
Though he chides my faults, and hints while we're together.

2. I try to sip a draught of his acceptance,
Yet he averts his eyes, aloof, remote.

3. No harm if he would grant me a kind glance -
I'd rinse my mouth of life's dust, grateful.

4. I said, "Is estrangement seemly in love?"
He said, "Yes, coyness has its charm, you know."

5. I said, "Soften the enviers' deeds and words."
He said, "What spy penetrates our private world?"

6. He said, "Tomorrow you will have no excuse."
I said, "By my life, I have never refused."

7. I continued to court him, while rivals called -
Cares besieged my heart and crowded worries.