A word they would bring hither,[46] a word they would return,

With intelligence they would quickly hasten[47]

Between two lovers.—

I should sooner give up the nicest dishes[48],

Forget rather the roast-meat on the priest’s table[49]

Than I forsake my dear beloved,

Him, whom in the summer I made attached to me,[50]

Him, whom in the winter I captivated.[51]

NOTAS DE RODAPÉ:

[41] Or: intimate; properly: well-known.