He lay, a dead man, in the sun:

I kissed his lips, and felt no shame.

Round him the warriors stood amazed;

His love—'twas that brought back his life:

Down on him long my father gazed,

Then spake, “My son, behold thy wife!”

IV.

On carpets heaped my mother sate:

I sate, I nestled on her knee;

We heard a murmur round the gate: