Songs to the dark virgin

Would that I were a jewel,

a shattered jewel,

That all my shining brilliants

might fall at thy feet,

Thou dark one.

Would that I were a garment,

A shimmering silken garment

That all my folds might wrap about thy body,

Absorb thy body,

Hold and hide thy body,

Thou dark one.

Would that I were a flame,

But one sharp, leaping flame

To annihilate thy body,

Thou dark one.