1. The star fell asleep, but I did not.
Describe to me the bliss of dreaming,

2. I wonder, am I a king?
Ruling in the light and darkness.

3. You wouldn't see me if I sat next to her,
The night stood still at my feet.

4. My friend, come back to remind us
Of the return of souls to repair.

5. Love left no blood in me
Yet in the cup I see my blood.

6. Peace in the lowly world has vanished
As have all things into nonexistence.

7. When I shake the cup it shines
Like the puff of air in ashes.

8. As if blending has branched it out
A gray hair on my weathered temple.

9. It and the cup are on my lips
Kisses from a mouth to a mouth.

10. It battled the pains of its grapes
Yet how they complain of pain!

11. For them in every moment
An uproar from a defeated crowd.

12. O men of poetry, I'm no lad
If my science has not instructed you,

13. How can you not weary of contending with me
When my love is my pen and desire my ink?

14. When I describe her I sing joyfully,
The world dances to my tune.