Capitolo 16
You listened to the water that he/she slaps the wall,
And it felt the strange charm in his/her blackness:
But it was cold, the small waves seemed cruel,
The stars were acute, and a windy hyphen of spray
Struck his/her cheek, and faded his/her veins. . . And this way
You once more it dragged him to house and bed.
Paul had not guessed him yet--although twice, already,
You had fainted--once, the first time, on the stage.
Then she has to tell soon him--otherwise--goes out. . .
How could you/he/she say him/it? That was the horrendous thing.
You would die rather than tells him/it! . . . and the whole trouble,
Months when she could not earn a cent and then,,
If he refused of sposarsila. . . well, that that?
You saw him/it laughing, while making a foolish joke,
His/her grey dizziness of eyes quickly; and the words
Run away by his/her language. . . You saw him/it sitting silent,
Brooding on his/her coffee in the morning, perhaps,
And it tried again. . . her the bit his/her lips, and it trembled,
And it looked away, and says. . . 'Says Paul boy,--listening,--
There is anything that I have to tell him. . . ' There she stopped him,
Asking himself/herself/itself what he would say. . . What would it say?
'Spring it, child! Don't seem so serious!'
'But what I have to say--is--serious!'
Then she could see how, suddenly, he would moderate,
Its eyes would darken, he would look at terrorizing this way--
Did it always do--and could thing do but you/he/she could cry?
He would guess then, forse,--perhaps he is not able.
And if he didn't do, but churches to her 'what is the matter?'--
You knew that she would never have said--only says her it was ill. . .
And later this, when it would challenge again?
And what would do--also supposes her it told him?
If was Felix! If was only Felix!--
You would not mind so a lot. But as it was,
Bitterness obstructed him, she had half a mind
To pay Felix it to never be not be liked,
Making people thinks that it was him. . .
You would write a letter to someone, before she died,--
Saying only 'Felix did him/it--and he would not marry.'