1. Do not ask Jesus for he will not
Grant the asker's request

2. Leave him be, for he
Has long been inept and leaning

3. I wept when my beloved visited me veiled
On a night with grey hair aflame

4. With a palace on her nape, a robe on her shoulder
Restless on her chest, hasty in her gait

5. Her quarters were too cramped for me that I could not
Lie in her courtyards kissed

6. As though she were a newborn snatched by fate
Before her birth was done