1. The ruins have wandered astray over one who seeks them,
With their lofty watchtower and steep side.

2. The air pours its clouds' bosom down upon them,
And dresses them with a necklace of its shooting stars.

3. When lightning flashes through them,
She appears as a maiden glimpsed through a veil.

4. So many a man of armies has killed with his wrath,
And so many a man of power has shown his might.

5. You planned for them with enlightened reason shining in the gloom,
Piercing the darkness, cleaving the hills.

6. Then you brought them out with their breasts drained by the canal,
Leaving them clasped to the cheek by dust.