One was Paul; the other brother, Radool,

And, between them, Yelitza, their sister.

Cordial was the love her brothers bore her;

Many a token of affection gave her,

Many a splendid gift and many a trifle,

And at last a knife, in silver hafted,

And adorn’d with gold, they gave their sister.

When the youthful wife of Paul had heard it,

Jealousy swell’d up within her bosom:

And she call’d, enraged, to Radool’s lady: