1. Youthful friends swore to dispel
The armies of gloom between joy and delight

2. So they hastened to a tavern, it was said
It is a resting place for wine that blends the soul with ease

3. And they said we have come determined
To attain comfort despite the flashing swords

4. She rose with weariness in her eyelids
And on her hips she paraded an army of goblets