Die Abendsonne leuchtete durch das Gitter, die Weinblätter zeichneten ihren Schatten auf den Sand, der Jasmin duftete süß, der Himmel war blau, Insekten summten um die blühenden Lilien. Karl atmete schwer; das Herz war ihm beklommen und tieftraurig vor unsagbarer Liebessehnsucht.
Rays of light were straying through the trellis, the vine leaves threw their shadows on the sand, the jasmines perfumed the air, the heavens were blue, Spanish flies buzzed round the lilies in bloom, and Charles was suffocating like a youth beneath the vague love influences that filled his aching heart.