XLI THE OATH
Mitchell S. (Mitchell Starrett) Buck translation
“WHEN the water of the river remounts to the snow-hidden summits: when barley and wheat is sown in the moving furrows of the sea:
“When the pines grow from the lakes and the water-lilies from the rocks: when the sun becomes black, when the moon falls upon the grass:
“Then, but only then, I will take another woman and I will forget thee, Bilitis, soul of my life, heart of my heart.”
He has said that to me, he has said that to me! What matters the rest of the world; where art thou, boundless happiness which can compare with my happiness!