«I know, I'll die at twilight! On which of the two, / Which one of the two — cannot be decided by my wish! / Ah, if it were possible, to extinguish my torch twice! / So that I could depart at sunset and in the morning! Heaven's daughter! Who danced on this earthy ground! — / With an skir...»
«Alive and well! / Louder than thunder — / Like an ax — / Joy! ... Stunned, / Awed. / What instead — / Cry? ... So, he is alive? / My eyelids closed, / Breathing, I call — / Do you hear? ... Dead - and risen?! / Just enough for a sigh, / A stone from the sky, / A...»
«I have not grown prettier in the years of separation! / Will you not be angry at my rough hands, / They worked with bread and salt? / — Callused from common labor! Oh, no prettying up for the meeting / Love. — Do not be shocked by my common / Speech — no advisor, neglected: / It...»
«Ach, to crash in a sheer fall — / Down — into dust on the asphalt! / The short length of earthly love / Bathed in tears- for how long? Balcony. With their salty downpour / Come malicious kisses. / And inescapable hatred / A sigh: To expire in verses! Squeezed into a ball in one's ...»