1. Her letter has come to me, carrying
To my fluttering heart a fluttering heart

2. And stars of wishes have glittered in it
In lines like the blackness of dusk

3. And I know the kiss in a place
That appears to me like a flower, not like a leaf

4. And how many a line to another
Like chest to chest drew near and embraced

5. And how much meaning in it I slept
And how much meaning in it came with insomnia

6. I asked him how he saw her face
He said, "God be glorified in what He created"

7. I said, "And that cheek when it was shy"
He said, "Like the dawn in it is the glow"

8. I said, "And that mouth, what is its matter?"
He said, "When I mentioned you, it closed"

9. Oh her mouth, in you is the breeze of dew
So how can my heart not burn in your breath