But the night before the unhappy day of my departure she wept, she moaned, she sighed, and she withdrew leaving me filled with perplexity and amazement, overwhelmed at the sight of such strange and affecting signs of grief and sorrow in Luscinda; but not to dash my hopes I ascribed it all to the depth of her love for me and the pain that separation gives those who love tenderly. At last I took my departure, sad and dejected, my heart filled with fancies and suspicions, but not knowing well what it was I suspected or fancied; plain omens pointing to the sad event and misfortune that was awaiting me.
Pero, por no destruir mis esperanzas, todo lo atribuí a la fuerza del amor que me tenía y al dolor que suele causar la ausencia en los que bien se quieren. »En fin, yo me partí triste y pensativo, llena el alma de imaginaciones y sospechas, sin saber lo que sospechaba ni imaginaba: claros indicios que me mostraban el triste suceso y desventura que me estaba guardada. Llegué al lugar donde era enviado.