1. Swaying like a branch, the morning breeze shook him,
Blowing through him desires and passions untamed,

2. Bearing his cloak, displaying a contented ease,
Luxuriating in fortune and living serene.

3. When you catch his glances, artful and discreet,
With a flutter of lashes and hinting smiles sweet,

4. The mole on his cheek seems a dot from the pen
Of a scribe who just stopped at the stroke of a “Fa”.

5. When I look on the beauty of his radiant face
My eyes find no haven, no resting place.

6. On him all perfection of beauty attends
As though for him solely all graces were made.

7. His smile flashes pearls in the dew softly shed
Like stars when at dawn first the heavens are sprayed.

8. The blush of his cheek would make apples seem faded.
His saliva would shame even hailstones of jade.

9. In his narcissus eyes flashes a darkness of care
Through the white of a hope chastely afraid.

10. So pour out your wine and make merry with me,
For I've mingled my tears with my blood utterly.

11. Drink deep of life’s rapture with no thought of pain.
Flee grief, flee trouble, tomorrow’s unborn, unseen.

12. Refined to the essence through the places it ran,
It flows through his body as spirit through man.

13. His ruby lips wear the gem of his soul
Set between fire and air, wind and flame.

14. While perfectly balanced the mixture remains
Proof against all that those pure tints could stain.

15. He carries his glass like the star of the morn
Risen to toast the deserted domain.

16. The sun of good fortune glowed full on his face
The moon of misfortune branded his brow.