For the angelic sound of thy sweet lips,

And all the day for me is waiting hope.

And when the evening season I have reached,

I wish to lengthen it by memories:

I reckon by its evenings all my life.

Meanwhile the Order murmurs at repose,

Entreat for war, demand their own perdition;

And vengeful Halban will not let me breathe,

But still recalls to me those ancient vows,

The slaughtered hamlets, and the lands destroyed;