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Ah, / My black one, / Thou art not beautiful / Yet thou hast / A loveliness / Surpassing beauty.
Oh, / My black one, / Thou art not good / Yet thou hast / A purity / Surpassing goodness.
Ah, / My black one, / Thou art not luminous / Yet an altar of jewels, / An altar of shimmering jewels, / Would pale in the light / Of thy darkness, / Pale in the light / Of thy nightness.