| Samuel Waddington, comp. The Sonnets of Europe. 1888. | | | | The Death of Donna Catharina de Athaide | | By Luís de Camões (c. 1524–1580) |
| | Translated by J. J. Aubertin
MY gentle spirit! thou who hast departed | |
| So early, of this life in discontent, | |
| Rest thou there ever, in Heaven’s firmament, | |
| While I live here on earth all broken-hearted; | |
| In that Ethereal Seat, where thou didst rise, | 5 |
| If memory of this life so far consent, | |
| Forget not thou my ardent love unspent, | |
| Which thou didst read so perfect in mine eyes. | |
| And if, perchance, aught worthy there appears | |
| In my great cureless anguish for thy death, | 10 |
| Oh! pray to God who closed so soon thy years, | |
| That He will also close my sorrowing breath, | |
| And swiftly call me hence thy form to see, | |
| As swiftly he deprived these eyes of thee. | | | | |
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