Sol 6.1

  1. Perfectly formed, filling the palms, as though it were

    A large bead of onyx, unwilling to be strung.

  2. It has a robe of pomegranate blossom and lilies,

    Sheathed in myrtle after the rainclouds.

  3. Within it mingle the [hues] of a lovelorn soul and a lover

    Whom passion and separation have clothed in a robe of sickness.

  4. And revealed to him, at the throat, a budding maiden’s green adornment—

    His mark [wording unclear], she of a well-proportioned figure.

  5. Garden-grown, musky, honey-sweet,

    It has the [color] of brocade and the fragrance of wine.

  6. When sliced for eating, it resembles crescent moons;

    And if left unsliced, it is a perfect full moon.

Sol 6.1