Laatste.........
Translation English
Come close and look at it, it has an anchor and a crest,it's light,
here hold it, it's not even a quarter pound,but I advise you to buy something else."--
How much? -- Only seven francs. You want it, take it.
I always carry close under my beltA small steel African knife,
Like one of those that negros used to play with,
And that I bought from an old shop owner in Algiers.
I remember, a if it were now, the old merchant,
Who looked like an old oil painting by Goya
,As he stood next to long swords and tattered uniforms
Saying in a hoarse voice the following words
:"This knife here that you want to buy
has connections with legend and strange stories;
everyone knows that each previous owner
murdered someone close to him.
With it Don Basilio killed his beautiful wife,
Donna Julia,because she was unfaithful.Count Antonio,
one night, the same to his poor
brotherwith this knife here.A negro killed his young lover out of jealousy
and some Italian sailor likewise to a Greek boatswain.
From hand to hand it passed into mine.Many things my eyes have seen,
but this one makes me shudder.
Come close and look at it,
it has an anchor and a crest,it's light,
here hold it, it's not even a quarter pound,but I advise you to buy something else."--
How much? --
Only seven francs.
You want it,
take it.A small dagger I keep tight under my belt,
that I made my own on a whim;
and because I hate no one in the world enough to kill
I fear that some day I may turn it against myself ...