1. Who says to the lover in the dark of night
Love's sight at all times has its view

2. The lover's glance is unlike any other
He has insight in his eye and vision in his heart

3. Awake through the night, parted from the bed
The sea my companion in the night watch

4. A wave flows and my thoughts ramble
Would that I, O season, knew your secret

5. The wave plays and stirs up a murmur
The moon showers its silvery spray on the sea

6. From the deep fundus to the near shore
It rose in a moment of life

7. As if it leaned back in silk
It rushed to the longing lover

8. Its love dances on a scent of ambergris
It rises then crashes then descends

9. Yearning drives it dangerously upon the lover
A yearning from one who loves the trysts of danger

10. Behind it, its sisters march in rows
Wanderers who know no caution

11. It marched in the great forbidden gathering
Each enchanted by its alluring devil

12. It twists in a white garment then takes flight
In the bosom of a beach it loves to perish