XII + 

Handsome and rich, the neighbourhood + 

Lenski as a good match received⁠— + 

Such is the country custom good; + 

All mothers their sweet girls believed + 

Suitable for this semi-Russian. + 

He enters: rapidly discussion + 

Shifts, tacks about, until they prate + 

The sorrows of a single state. + 

Perchance where Dunia pours out tea + 

The young proprietor we find; + 

To Dunia then they whisper: Mind! + 

And a guitar produced we see, + 

And Heavens! warbled forth we hear: + 

Come to my golden palace, dear! + 