1. The sea called to the maidens, so they answered
Its waves roared passionately

2. And you called, how I love you O companion
How beautiful is passion and its time

3. You moved in rhythm
Singing the melodies of youth

4. Doll next to doll, and gazelle next to gazelle
Palm tree near palm tree, and oasis next to oasis

5. Kisses materialized and turned
Into flowers of wishes and hopes

6. Songs chained by the hand of God
Tempting with their love the human

7. A drunken love song passed me by
Gifted by the king of love in his glory

8. Dressed by divine art in a gown
That stole its color from flowers and glitter from stars

9. An absent beloved wishing her absent lover would return
To quench her thirsty longing

10. It passed me and I said this is true art
Else I cannot be its tongue

11. She saw me perplexed, distracted
So she smiled her charming smile

12. And rested on the sands, awakening
Passionate thoughts in my vigilant conscience

13. In her eyes and lips desires intoxicated and aflame
Called from my craving and burning screams maddened and drunk

14. Making the heart of existence tremble with love
And sing melodies joyful and elated

15. As night recited on the universe
The tales of its silent wakefulness

16. No life without love I said
Unable to express more

17. I never knew love in my life
And thought I'd never light its fire

18. My heart fears disgrace befalling it
Pride protected and guarded it

19. She said, ask one who knows, for I have tasted
In love, glory and humiliation

20. I said, who are you, she said, the Red Paradise
And my name, if you wish, is So-and-So

21. She drew near and ignited my flames
Awakening my dormant passions

22. And turned to me from her enchanting lips
A cup in which beauty was worshipped

23. Then she said, her chest between my palms
Her fingers conversing with mine

24. Yours from me is what you desire
And mine from you is the love that gives me tenderness

25. I said, this is a promise I will live by
And ransom the world for its place

26. Dawn broke, and a gentle breeze bent
A free aroma that inspired

27. Then she kissed with her palm and disappeared, arousing
In my heart much turmoil

28. O her terrifying love, what has fate decreed for us
And what has it taken as guarantee?

29. Yours from me is what you desire, O my heart
If only its nearness would cease deprivation