Sol 6.1

  1. And a headstrong one, grown haughty over whoever seeks her,

    with her lofty lookout and her forbidding flank.

  2. The sky buttons the neckline of its clouds around her,

    and clothes her in a necklace of its gleaming stars.

  3. When lightning courses by night, she appears through it,

    as a maiden appears through gaps in the veils.

  4. For many a lord of armies he has slain with his keen sword,

    and many a man of might he has driven back on his heels.

  5. You rose toward her with judgment that shines in darkness,

    and cuts through great crises and cleaves the rocky heights.

  6. So you brought her forth, her neckline rent by spears,

    and left her with her cheek pressed to the dust.

Sol 6.1