1. Is it right that others court me
When her kisses grace my lips

2. And in her eyes I'm like a flame
Connected to her fiery heart

3. Her eyes seem like embers when she looks at me
And when she's gone, burst into flames

4. O best of those whose passions incline to her
And most loving of those for whom she spins verse

5. You poured your perfume into my blood
So my poetry breathes your lingering fragrance

6. Without you, poetry withers within me
And I live with no love or hope