1. I asked God to calm him
For the necklace was tired of what it saw

2. A companion to your waist that does not bend
How little the necklace lasted, how slow it was

3. It lingered on the chest with its twisting
And wandered with two buried treasures

4. It went and came, when it found its way
It dangled but it insisted

5. So sorry ma’am, for what
Clung to the chest did not err

6. On the hills of pleasure and desire
It prolonged the stay, and took its ease

7. And it feared in life to thirst
For the amber flowing from the vine

8. And it came close by the hem of the shirt
To the bliss of eyes that glittered