My sweetheart's dainty lips are red, <br />With ruby's crimson overspread; <br />Her teeth are like a string of pearls; <br />Down her neck her clustering curls <br />In ebony hue vie with the night, <br />And over her features dances light. <br /> <br />The twinkling stars enthroned above <br />Are sisters to my dearest love. <br />We men should count it joy complete <br />To lay our service at her feet. <br />But oh what rapture is her kiss! <br />A forecast 'tis of heavenly bliss!<br /><br />Yehudah HaLevi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-sweetheart-s-dainty-lips/
