1. O my knees of a green lizard and legs of an ostrich
And jug of a wine-maker and head of a camel

2. O she who I liken to raging fever
That cuts the back with wheezing breath

3. Your cheeks are chafed and your throat is dry
And your chest from you is like the crop of a tambourine

4. O she who embraces her spends the night as though
In a prison of lice and dung

5. I kissed her and found the sting of her spittle
Above the tongue like the sting of a wasp