1. For whom are the radiant suns with slender waists,
Rising between the myrtle and brocade?

2. Each surpasses in beauty like a doll
Of pearl that has been carved from ivory.

3. She walks and sways in clothes as though
A branch swaying gently amidst fragile china.

4. Girdled with belts and sashes about their waists,
Walking with such grace and charm.

5. In them the slender waists as though
Ships with sails billowing on the waves.

6. Darkness stole like a thief strands of his hair,
As though night coupled with the gloom.

7. I looked and then I fell, but kept it hidden,
I met but my confidant knew nothing of it.

8. And so I attained but measured myself, and restrained
An honor that led me to perfection.