«At the village end, the old hut stands alone. / There prays aged mother before an icon. Her prayer remembers her son, and his friends, / Now saving their homeland, in far-off lands. She prays, drying the tears, and fighting mirages, / For her tired eyes see frightening images. She sees a fi...»
«On heavenly blue course, a fiery star — / As if ready to char the forests and perish / With them in yellow clouds of honeyed / Smoke, the sun prepares for a rest. / Dreamy night falls. People fall asleep. / Only I torment myself. I wish; I weep... Among the clouds, the tall evergreens /...»
«Behind the cloudy horizon — just / like future in my heavenly chart — / who can see if the coming gusts / will bring a rest for my heart. Or the grey clouds returning / will bring more dread to my heart. / The old wounds, fireless burning, / old sorrows again will smart. Behind the...»
«No regret I feel, no pain, no sorrow, / Blossom blows away, a song is sung. / Overcome by autumn gold, tomorrow / I myself shall be no longer young. You'll not throb, heart, as before, but tremble, / Feeling chills that you have not yet known. / In bare feet you shall no more be tempted /...»