1. With shivering, delicate branches,
Matching the shining lightning's gleam,

2. The rain poured on its slopes a garment
That sways like the rising stars' beam.

3. It came with a body that fills the eye with delight
When a bold warrior like an armored knight draws near.

4. With it one is greeted whom no right hand greeted
Except with lofty deeds and swords that severe.

5. Sharper than long separation's agony over passion;
And more perceptive than the sad song's refrain at dusk.