1. I wandered in the garden
As the dawn began to break

2. And the wing of morning bore me
Toward the maidens fair and meek

3. The gloom it hastened slowly
Like a wounded gazelle in flight

4. The morning breeze flowed gently
Rustling through the trees at night

5. The stream it babbled sweetly
Like the garden's song so bright

6. The horizon thundered grandly
As the winds took sudden flight

7. Then appeared in shameless guise
What a shocking sight!

8. She sipped the red wine's rapture
From the vine leaves' bowl uptilted

9. Bilqis rose on the throne of night
In those parts remote and guiltless

10. Then she inclined toward a sunset
After the burning of the light

11. And the night reigned despite
The sun in its broad domains

12. Thus is the way of fate
Coming and going

13. Gleaming and gloaming
Silence and crying

14. Song and sighing
Closing and prying

15. The ages but fickle
Like a night full of trials