Sol 6.1

  1. The phantom came, but it was union with you I sought.

    This visit does not count as a gift.

  2. The phantom visited; so do not slight me in slumber.

    Far be it from your beauty to be a phantom.

  3. I had indeed doubted you, O full moon of the darkness,

    until I saw you as a crescent beneath the veil.

  4. And love for you taught me verse; what increased

    my love for you was that I earn money from it.

  5. It spurs me toward the prince, along with an ambition

    whose hopes his gifts have carried to him.

  6. And the poets' custom lies in praise and in

    gifts, thus bringing together glory and bounty.

  7. They drew comparisons for you in their poems,

    but I draw comparisons with you as the example.

Sol 6.1