«Sultry heat; dry, dead grass; endless steppes; / Just the horizon’s faint, blue haze. / Over there, the skeleton of a horse’s head, / And here, look here! A Stone Idol. What sleepy, Hat features! / What primeval coarseness of body! / Yet I stand still; I fear you... But you. / You m...»
«At the gates of Zion, over Kedron, / There is a windswept hillock; / And where the wall gives temporary shade, / I happened to sit down beside a leper, / Who was eating toxic seeds. His stench was indescribable. / The fool was poisoning himself. / But he would smile, for all that, / L...»
«Endless downpour; misty wood; / Fir trees swaying: / “Oh, dear Lord!” — as if the wood were drunk, / Rain-sodden. At the window of the dark lodge / A child sits drumming with a spoon. / Mother sleeping soundly on the stove; / A calf lowing in the damp passage. / Gloomy lodge; bu...»
«Pallid young man with an ardent expression, / Listen, today I will give you three precepts. / Here is the first one: don’t live in the present, / Only the future is the sphere of the poet. Remember the second: have a feeling for no one, / Just for yourself nurture love which is boundless....»