1. Mathilde, O daughter of my uncle,

    Great is my sorrow and anguish.

  2. My father has decreed my marriage

    to an unsuitable man, against my will.

  3. How could I accept a harsh man

    as companion to my soul and body?

  4. Can one so artless by nature win

    a woman of beauty and learning?

  5. Or, after Paris, could I be content

    in a village filled with nothing but care?

  6. If my husband does not please me,

    then I shall be the worst of mothers.

Sol 6.1