My beloved Aely
Ælffled [Aelbfled] Tîwele
Ælffled [Aelbfled] Tîwele
O
you most beautiful one among women,
Your
cheeks are comely among the hair braids,
your
neck in a string of beads
Your
eyes are those of doves, behind your veil.
Your hair is like a drove of goats that have
hopped down from the mountains
Your
teeth are like a drove of freshly shorn ewes that have gone up from the washing
Your
lips are just like a scarlet thread
Like
a segment of apples are your temples behind your veil
Your
neck is like an ivory tower
Your
skin is a paradise, with the choicest fruits,
henna
plants along with spikenard and saffron,
cane
and cinnamon,
along
with all sorts of trees,
of frankincense, myrrh and aloes,
along
with all the finest perfumes;
a
spring of gardens, a well of fresh water,
and
trickling streams from the moutains
This
stature of yours does resemble a palm tree,
and
your breasts, date clusters.
The
curvings of your thighs are like ornaments,
the work of an artisan’s hands
How
beautiful you are, and how pleasant you are,
O beloved girl, among exquisite delights!
Place
me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm;
because
love is as strong as death is,
exclusive
devotion is as unyielding as the grave is.
Its
blazings are the blazings of a fire.
Many
waters themselves are not able to extinguish our love,
nor
can rivers themselves wash it away.
written by;Eärendur Elanessë
