Alcazaba:

In the mirror of the water
i see the sun, the sun rising
and setting upon the town
and upon the head of the one i love

i see her binding a wreathe of eternity
i will gladly take this binding
this binding which sets my soul free
i will gladly take her as part of my body
the shadow of my being
for she has been with me since birth

the moon encircles her face
and the breeze upon my chest, my nape
caresses me with her breath, across the barrio
i am soothed by the murmur in the wind
my love is singing a mile away:

"If the night is dark and the way is short
Why do you not come, beloved?"

in the torch i see the candle flame
at the centre of her encampment
and that light faintest of all
like a star within an ocean of stars
in the midnight sky
in the midnight sky
that is my lover flickering
dancing upon the breeze

she is singing, slowly rising
echoed by the rhythm of my heart
echoed by the glinting bodies
of nine celestial maidens
slowly rising above the land
beneath the sky
eternal veil between my love and i

"If the night is dark and the way is short
why do you not come...

...if you love me?"

(based on an old spanish folk song)