Song

"Shade of the woods where she was to come,

Tell me where did my mistress go?"

"She went down onto the plain." -

"Plain, where did my mistress go?" -

"She followed the banks of the stream."

"Beautiful river, who saw her pass,

tell me, is she near here?"

"She left me for the path." -

"Path, do you see her still?" -

"She left me for the road."

"O white road, road to the city, tell me,

where did you lead her?" -

"To the golden road which enters Sardis." -

"O, road of light, do you touch her bare feet?" -

"She went into the palace of the king."

"O palace, splendor of the earth, give her back to me!" -

"Look, she has collars on her breasts

and tassels in her hair,

a hundred pearls along her legs,

two arms around her waist."