Rima XIX

Cuando sobre el pecho inclinas la melancólica frente, una azucena tronchada me preces. Porque al darte la pureza, de que es símbolo celeste, como a ella te hizo Dios de oro y de nieve.			When your unhappy head drops over your chest, a chopped-down lily, I pray. To be granted the purity, of which it is a celestial symbol, that God bestowed when making you out of gold and snow.
Translations by others:
When o'er thy breast thou bendest Thy melancholy brow, A bruised and broken lily Thou seem'st to me. For giving thee the purity Whose symbol the lily is, As he made it, so God made thee Of gold and snow. Translated by Owen Innsly Copyright ©1882 by A. Williams & Company			When you incline your melancholy brow Upon your swelling breast, you seem to me A lily cut before maturity; For God made an irrevocable vow, That he would give you that chaste purity Known as the lily's symbol, and that we Might fully realize his great intent And that you might his wisdom represent, He placed his mark indelible to show And made you. like the flower, of gold and snow. Translated by Jules Renard Copyright ©1908 by Richard G. Badger
When thou inclinest, melancholy, Thy head upon the breast, To me a severed white lily Is manifest. When purity, as the bloom betokens, God on thee did bestow, He made thee as he made the lily - Of gold and snow. Translated by Young Allison Copyright ©1924 by Young Allison