1. When night unveils the dawn's rosy veil
And the blue sky shines polished and pale

2. I look with longing to the far horizon
Where the air is chill and the land frozen

3. I breathe the brisk breath of morn
Purified after the cold night's scorn

4. And gather in bouquets the flowers' scents
Reminding me of lips and their allurements

5. How the rising sun's arc tried me
Until it floated, a honeycomb, in the sky's mead

6. Then the world rejoiced and swayed like a child
Seeing its mother smile and her bosom unveiled

7. What pleasure was mine in the forest and field
To witness the beauty of all the world revealed

8. To hear the birds' song and to feel the green grass
And scent the perfumes that I wished would last

9. To sleep 'neath the shadow of pine branches tossed
On a bed of fallen leaves, to dream almost

10. Lost to the world and its petty affairs
Surveying it all from my sylvan stairs

11. He who revels in sleep overlong is dead
And he who lives softly forgoes heavens ahead

12. One glance of life's beauty and he is drunk
Dreaming dreams of glory and joy without end