The loveliest caress you know
is my radiance on your skin
You cannot be more beautiful
than that feeling

I am your dearest mistress
You take me with the name you give
me: Mistress of Sunlight, brightness
of your life

Your pride makes me
human, knowing
that I'm too light, too hot
to be intimate with you

You can only dream of that
Sometimes you boast
that you brought me to safety
conquered city and country for me

and are living happily ever after with me
sometimes that you have renounced me
and have me murdered in Rhodes
but I'm alive

My grave is not a grave
but a memorial stone
even if your bones lie next to it
as if I have been yours