Staidness of marble, coolness the shadow strews,
Thou are a still, pale maid, all pondering;
Let songs of others be as a woman, whose
Wont it is in the unclean streets to sing.

Мирна као мрамор, хладна као сена,
Ти се бледо тихо девојче што снева.
Пусти песма других нека буде жена,
Која по нечистим улицама пева.

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