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XX. Spell Said by a Girl Desirous of Getting A Husband
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XX. Spell Said by a Girl Desirous of Getting A Husband

XX. SPELL SAID BY A GIRL DESIROUS OF GETTING A HUSBAND.

p. 198

S*uwā'! 310 May you think about me to yourself! May you turn back to look! Would that I might stand before his face! I just cry to myself. Would that I might see him every day! I do just as you do. 311 Sometimes I dream of him, and I rise when it is daylight, and I look about. Now, as I see him, my heart flutters. I look at him without raising my eyes. He gives me trinkets, and I take them, and I wear them for some time, until they are worn out.


Footnotes

  1. 198:310

    Spells and more or less formulaic utterances in general are introduced by S*uwā', of unknown, if any, significance.

  2. 198:311

    The implication is not clear. Perhaps it means, "May you love me as I love you!"

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