Danse Africaine

The low beating of the tom-toms,
The slow beating of the tom-toms,
  Low⁠ ⁠… slow
  Slow⁠ ⁠… low⁠—
  Stirs your blood.
    Dance!
A night-veiled girl
  Whirls softly into a
  Circle of light.
  Whirls softly⁠ ⁠… slowly,
Like a wisp of smoke around the fire⁠—
  And the tom-toms beat,
  And the tom-toms beat,
And the low beating of the tom-toms
  Stirs your blood.