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Alone upon the housetops to the North / I turn and watch the lightning in the sky -- / The glamour of thy footsteps in the North. / _Come back to me, Beloved, or I die._
Below my feet the still bazar is laid -- / Far, far below the weary camels lie -- / The camels and the captives of thy raid. / _Come back to me, Beloved, or I die! _
My father's wife is old and harsh with years, / And drudge of all my father's house am I -- / My bread is sorrow and my drink is tears. / _Come back to me. Beloved, or I die! _