Turning red, temple stairs are fading.
Did you tell me you'd keep the date?
At the entrance to eventide praying
I have opened my heart. I will wait.
I don't know my intent and desire.
I may die of relief and delight.
All aflame in the evening fire,
I will bring you to flaring light.
Scarlet flame engulfs the environs
Dreams have come, unexpectedly, true
You are coming. There's infinite highness
Over me, and the temple, and you.
Покраснели и гаснут ступени.
Ты сказала сама: «Приду».
У входа в сумрак молений
Я открыл мое сердце. — Жду —
Что скажу я тебе — не знаю.
Может быть, от счастья умру.
Но, огнем вечерним сгорая,
Привлеку и тебя к костру.
Расцветает красное пламя.
Неожиданно сны сбылись.
Ты идешь. Над храмом, над нами —
Беззакатная глубь и высь.
«Your sad star / Was briefly my joy: / It sparkled and fell / To the earth, a dark stone. Your sad soul / Did not dare to love a smile, / And rushing from me, / It put on a black shroud. But I joined my fate / To yours forever, in one hope: / Wherever you are, I am with you, / And...»
«No, I will not be reconciled. / My curses are the truth. / I'll not forgive, I will not fall / Into embrace of iron. Like all who live I'll die, I'll kill, / Like all, destroy myself. / But I will never stain my soul / With justifying war. In my last hour, in murk and fire, / Let my ...»
«A strange alarm weighs on my heart, / Delirium of premonitions. / I look ahead and the road is dark / And perhaps there is no road. But I cannot touch with any words / What is living in me — and in silence. / I do not dare to feel it; / It's like a dream. A dream within a dream. O, m...»
«I offer prayers for the Devil, / O, Lord! He is your creature. / I love the Devil, for I see / My suffering within him. In torment and in struggle / He weaves his nets with care. / And I cannot help but pity / The one who suffers as I do. When our flesh shall rise again / For retribu...»