1. This love I fell into, its end I lost
And its beginning I profited

2. How much was said to me about the one I fancied
This is an infatuation, leave it be

3. So I responded, what has passed of my body
Is his, and what remains, remains his

4. I did not forget a night whose length he shortened
With a union, had he willed he'd have lengthened

5. He came and went while the morning made it unlawful
Until I saw intoxication make it lawful

6. And I drank from his hand scintillating
It had weakened me, and he had strengthened

7. I flung my kerchief, wiping my mouth
And made my kerchief where his lips had been