My Dear Girlfriend (Continued) pg. 4

Be happy and ruddy-faced

As a flower likes to be

Always healthy and merry

Live to see many[1] years

            Have clear days of as much sweetness

            As your own darling wishes for you

Like the sun in early[2] spring

Like a springtime river’s flow[3]

Walk[4] that kind of life, joyfully

Know no sorrow over even a shadow

            My darling, for a marriage bond

            I will give flowers and love

            And my fond heart

            May the adored

            Power of the world’s patron guard you, o [my] goal,

            And little white angels

And finally, for a pleasant memory

O my love! Accept my kiss!

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[1] Literally “long”

[2] Literally “young”

[3] The expression translated here as “river’s flow” appears to be dialectical.

[4] The word translated here as “walk” also appears to be dialectical.