and hee
sware a solemne othe, that he would not poule his head, clip his beard, nor pare his nailes, untill hee had married his daughter at ripe years.
Phoebus drew wide the curtains of the skies To blaze these last, and
sware devoutly then, The first, thus matched, were scarcely gentlemen.
Vergewe en vergeet (32) Forgive and forget Daar het 'n doringboompie There was once a little thorn tree vlak by die pad gestaan, standing right beside the road, waar lange ossespanne where long spans of oxen met
sware vragte gaan.
And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: 'Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men 3 and beget us children.' And Semjaza, (32) who was their leader, said unto them: 'I fear ye will not 4 indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.' And they all answered him and said: 'Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations 5 not to abandon this plan but to do this thing.' Then
sware they all together and bound themselves 6 by mutual imprecations upon it.
of andere
sware anderer hohen misdaaden en Verbrechen und wangedragingen.
Como hemos dicho, puede tratarse de que este adaptando la cita o, mas probablemente, que la fuente sea King james, en una traduccion libre por parte de Borges: "And
sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer".
Juda is ontvolk deur ellende en deur
sware diensbaarheid; hy sit onder die nasies, sonder om 'n rusplek te vind; al sy vervolgers het hom ingehaal tussen die engtes in.
Then the women make ugly mocks Of the beautiful woman to woman relationship Their imation [sic] love Is full of games that your soul they will rip And worst of all They all
sware [sic] they've always been gay But if so, how can they turn love from a rose to a weed?
