1. You loaded me with favors; I fell short, though possessed of strength,

    of discharging the gratitude owed them.

  2. The tongue of my prose, however long it may run, still falls short

    of thanking them—and so too does the tongue of my verse.

  3. I had nothing that could requite them, save

    my saying, by way of allusion: “May God favor you.”

Sol 5.6