Sol 5.6

  1. Would that I knew: for which slight offense of yours

    did I forsake her grave and keep away?

  2. Was it for some offense of hers that I resented,

    or because I knew she was too occupied to reproach me?

  3. Or did her contentment reproach me for her displeasure

    when I laid her face beneath the earth?

  4. No living soul among mankind keeps faith with the dead

    once he despairs of that dead one's return to him.

  5. My only anguish comes whenever I remember

    my suffering for her, and my long pursuit.

  6. For seven years I never ceased pursuing her,

    seeking that end through every door.

  7. At last we came together by accord and fate,

    and companionship spared us separation.

  8. Six months I spent in your company;

    they were like a dream, or a mirage's gleam.

  9. Then word of your death came to me with the glad ti—

    —dings: how swift a return after departure!

Sol 5.6