1. Quench my thirst, for today is delight
And the meadows lush and verdant bright

2. The playful one fulfilled her vow
With flutes and lutes and pipes so light

3. The wind swept by in joyous flight
Leaving but branches swaying, dancing in sight

4. Each bough leaned aside
As if the trunk was drunk with delight

5. And each branch was arrayed
In gardens of dangling jewels bright

6. Whenever I kissed its flowers
I felt its drops were not the same trite

7. At a camp ‘twixt low shrubs one night
I spied it, though the living were out of sight

8. In a resting place, where those who lie
Were pure and sand dunes white

9. The clouds did camp there as if to alight
In the desert, a caravan in flight

10. We sipped the saliva of a doe
Where all the land was a perilous plight

11. So quench me, for company makes loving right
When apart, the heart knows blight

12. Coffee that did cease to roil
From its perfume, musk and beans bright

13. My hearing deaf to blame should it loudly cry
The singing cup, a flute recite

14. The full moon visiting in the night
While the moon itself was delight

15. I drove the steeds of union towards her
Where that cheek was a racecourse site

16. From her kiss I have a pond
And gardens in her cheeks so bright

17. In the shirt of night, the scent of one
Who thought union was hidden from sight

18. Why wouldn't her tresses fray and come undone
When he is the moon and she cotton white

19. Passion like stars did ascend
With wishes, while time was a spite

20. How many minds were rid of their thoughts
Then honey and brains took flight

21. They wandered while wine did shake them
And the people's tails were shorn of might

22. Each sober thought was lost
Bewildered in cups aright

23. Only their minds were misled
Where ecstasy did inhibit sight

24. So steal the blow of time with her
For the days are peers in plight