V + 

Then, the far capital forgot, + 

Its splendour and its blandishments, + 

In poor Moldavia cast her lot, + 

She visited the humble tents + 

Of migratory gipsy hordes⁠— + 

And wild among them grew her words⁠— + 

Our godlike tongue she could exchange + 

For savage speech, uncouth and strange, + 

And ditties of the steppe she loved. + 

But suddenly all changed around! + 

Lo! in my garden was she found + 

And as a country damsel roved, + 

A pensive sorrow in her glance + 

And in her hand a French romance. + 