1. Pour me a golden drink,
for the noble is gilded.

2. Yellow from the pollen of meadows,
a planet drops into the glass.

3. Or don't you see the train of the gown
dragged over the courtyard?

4. The garden murmurs and the morning
coos with the doves.

5. When the leaves rustle
and a meteor drips through,

6. tears spill, copious,
or a necklace string snaps.

7. Lightning is the blade of a naked sword
or a sparkle leaping into flame.

8. The pleasure-house leaks musk
and ambergris.

9. The wine was perfect and most delectable.
He let me drink from his lips

10. the draft that slakes thirst.
When the lights swooped down

11. playing with my cloak,
I embraced the dawn from him

12. till a pale morn broke forth.
So my morning began

13. with his gentle merriment.