Sol 5.6

  1. A brother who, in his closeness, was part of me—

    to such a degree that the fingers of my hand were among his.

  2. We were like the finest phrase a man

    might fashion amid exquisite meanings.

  3. He went forth evening and morning in a single state,

    unchanged, just as the two members of a dual are joined.

  4. Whenever I was absent, his person stood in for me;

    whoever saw him, it was as though he had seen me.

  5. With him I used to assail Fate itself;

    then the vicissitudes of Time crept upon him.

  6. So nothing remained of him but his memory—

    and remembrance of the beloved is like a fragment of direct sight.

Sol 5.6