[34]. “To thee I say, | and thyself thou knowest,

That all these ills | thou didst early shape;

No bonds I knew, | nor sorrow bore,

And wealth I had | in my brother’s home.

[35]. “Never a husband | sought I to have,

Before the Gjukungs | fared to our land;

Three were the kings | on steeds that came,—

Need of their journey | never there was.

[36]. “To the hero great | my troth I gave

Who gold-decked sat | on Grani’s back;