Sunday, October 7, 2018

Song XI (Continued) pg. 33



And on the altar of my patron [Saint]
I place fragrant herbs
            I, poor, do not have for you
            Silver or gold
But with prayers [your] orphan
            Gathers your grace
They marvel at themselves, are strangers
Even the richest
Boys court me
Although I don’t [even] look at them
            That I am pretty I always
Heard, already as a child
They say it for true
In the company of confidants
Let them desire something for themselves there, with [their] talk
Nothing will come of it
To the maidens of the world it’s an insult
When they don’t guard the crown
I don’t listen to any of them, I listened to the noise of the Wisła
[Anyone] who does not desire[1] as a best man, [who] approaches me as a seducer



[1] Or “desires me not”

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