«Am Flur entlang- es gab so viele / in diesem finsteren Gemach — / Ich ging sehr lange… Grabesstille / aus jeder Ecke ging mir nach Die Statuen in der Morgenfrische / Auf Saulen haben so getan, / als ob sie schliefen in den Nischen / Doch spahten mich wie Fremdling an Und dort, wo s...»
«Your whole way with evil's shining coals, / Margaret, they all eagerly judge. / What's your fault? The body sinned as such, / Innocent you have retained your soul. To all people it's the same, I know, / To all nodded with a blurry smile. / And with this sorrowful semi-smile / You have...»
«I know you not and in no way / I want to lose illusions starry / With such a face in holes most dreary / People are loyal to a ray. All that the fate has marked for grave / Have such closed-off face instead. / You are a page that was not read / And no, you will not be a slave. A slave...»
«Homes reach the stars, the sky's below, / The land in smoke to it is near. / Inside the big and happy Paris / Remains the secretive despair. The evening boulevards are noisy, / Gone are the sundown's final rays, / And there are couples everywhere / Trembling of lips, daring of eyes. I'...»