Nyneve was bored and restless and she left Ban's court with Merlin panting after her, begging her to lie with him and stanch his yearning, but she was weary of him, and impatient with an old man as a damsel must be, and also she was afraid of him because he was said to be the Devil's son, but she could not be rid of him, for he followed her, pleading and whimpering, wherever she went.
Nyneve aspertuta eta urduri zegoen Banen gortean eta alde egin zuen, Merlinek arnasestuka jarraitzen ziola, berarekin etzan zedin eta desira bizi hura ase ziezaion erregutuz; baina dontzeila gogaiturik zegoen gizon zahar haren konpainiaz, eta gainera beldur zion, Deabmaren seme zela baitzioten. Baina ezin zen harengandik libratu: noranahi joanda ere Merlin atzetik joaten zitzaion erreguka eta intzirika.