Celebrating a woman's beauty, Aricadia paints a portrait of radiant sensuality. His subject is a young nude, seen from behind. Divining her thoughts, he says, 'But if the heart is powerless to go through, I shall still wait for him at the edge of the sea where winds and waves come ashore. The place where birds pause and fish are at home. I believe I will get the news from the sea, because the sea never lies.'