1. The fire blazed in the hillside lit
The eye glimpsed for a moment then veiled

2. Rose and waned then kindled and towered
Over the sand dunes then crouched low

3. Yet my longing waned not when it waned but flared
The passion of my heart for love when it flared

4. Never from it did my gaze turn after its place
But the tears of my eyes when they sparkled

5. Reminded me of days gone by, never to return
And I forgot not those days but made myself forget

6. So I was not just when I recalled a love when I recalled
Nor doused the fires of love when I doused them