How calm was I in former days!--I now
Am so no more! My heart beats heavily,
Oppressed within its prison-cave. Ah! fain
Would I that it might burst its bonds, so that
'Twere conscious, Asdolf, I sometimes had seemed
Not all unworthy in thine eyes.
[She takes the guitar.]
A gentle friend--the Master from Vallandia--
Has taught me how I may converse with thee,
Thou cherished token of my Asdolf's love!