So she spread her brown wings for flight, and soared into the air. She swept over the garden like a shadow, and like a shadow she sailed through the grove.

The young Student was still lying on the grass, where she had left him, and the tears were not yet dry in his beautiful eyes.

"Be happy,"cried the Nightingale,"be happy; you shall have your red rose.I will build it out of music by moonlight, and stain it with my own heart's-blood. All that I ask of you in return is that you will be a true lover, for Love is wiser than Philosophy, though she is wise, and mightier than Power,though he is mighty. Flame-coloured are his wings, and coloured like flame is his body.His lips are sweet as honey, and his breath is like frankincense.

忽然，她张起棕色的双翼，冲天的飞去。她穿过那花园如同影子一般，她荡出了那树林子。

那青年仍旧僵卧在草地上方才她离去的地方，他那双秀眼里的泪珠还没有干。

夜莺喊道:“高兴吧，快乐吧，你将要采到你那朵红玫瑰了，我将用月下的歌音制成她。我向你所求的报酬，仅是要你做个真挚的情人。因为哲理虽智，爱比她更慧；权力虽雄，爱比她更伟。焰光的色彩是爱的双翅，烈火的颜色是爱的躯干。她又如蜜的口唇，若兰的吐气。”