_Clicked-to[2] the locks of our hearts; let the keys remain in our
bosoms._
After which mutual confidence the illusion naturally deepens; suffering
yields to a joy that cannot disguise itself, and the keys of the heart
are thrown away: this is the second stage.
[Footnote 2: In the original this is expressed by an onomatope,
_pinto,_ imitating the sound of the fastening of the lock of a _tansu,_
or chest of drawers:--
Pinto kokoro ni
Jōmai oroshi:
Kagi wa tagai no
Muné ni aru.
]
I
_The person who said before, "I hate my life since I saw you,"_
_Now after union prays to live for a thousand years._