Touch my cheeks with your fingers, blue hyacinth.

Did God use a whiter silk

Weaving the veil for your fevered roses,

Or spinning the moon that lies across your face?

Treasure the touches of my fingers.

God did not waste His whitest web

On veils of silk or moons of milk,

But on a marriage cap, from you to me.

Popular Song of Baluchistan.

BURMA