Uncomprehending

Do not go, ‘Gentle,’ dearest,

for your brother does not

like it, does not know of

Gentle’s turn, and so your softest

touch sets no example to be learned.

Do not call for Gentle, our

beloved child (although you are

right: this moment should be

handled gently), for it stays him

naught and vexes you inversely.

Do not forsake Gentle in your

own self-life, our darling of the

cool south wind.  Ungentle has

no measure by which we might

make manifest our devotion.