LINGUAE VASCONUM PRIMITIAE - Euskaltzaindia

XII. A HARD-HEARTED LOVER'S SCORN
1 My eye has been struck by the sight of a fair, genteel lady.
Throughout the land there is nothing comparable to her.
I begged her to teIl me the truth,
whether there might be a way to find her favour.
5 Straightaway carne her response:
«You certainly have my respect out of courtesy,
you will have nothing else from me, I warn you.
A foolish girl though I might be, on that account wiIl yon not have me».
9 - Though you are young, you have good sense.
Heal, I pray, the pain I have on your account.
Make me your own if you would have me live.
Should I die on your account, you will bear a great burden.
13 - You take a fiendish pleasure while honour is being lost.
You may not speak to me in such a way.
You know it is an outrage to do wicked deeds.
I am foolish, you are learned, I shall pay no heed.
17 - If you so wiIl, the secret stays with me
No one shaIl know of the love between us
Allow me to speak to you in secret
There can be no harm in speaking to me
21 - If evil be done, people wiIl soon know.
My family would be ashamed by my iniquity.
You and I can live weIl together.
Hush, begone and it wiIl be better.
25 - With these words yon have rent my heart.
So great is the sorrow which I sufIer for you,
that if I am not to be consoled by you,
my soul will drift away without fail.
29 - The departure of a soul is a great affiiction.
Yours will remain whatever the sorrow you suffer;
cease saying such vanities to me,
for you will gain nothing from it, I assure you.
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