«You were most charming, most loyal, most bright, / Don’t curse me, so cruel and so stern! / Like the song of the gypsies, my train is in flight, / Like the days that will never return... And all that we loved — went by us, went by us... / Our future...»
«I yearn to live a life of meaning: / Make every thing — immortalized, / Make all the formal — humanized, / Bring non-existent — into being! This dream will choke me, I’ll collapse, / This dream will rob me of my breath, / But then, a cheery youth, perhaps, / Might say of me af...»
«I recall the nervous trepidation / Of your gentle shoulders as we spoke. / And the warm caress, mid-conversation, / Unexpected, following a joke. And your musical voice, reaching far, / And your hair’s dark red coloration, / And the lilac’s five-pointed star / In the hour of our sep...»
«You sought no friends! Alone, you lived your life, / Without those who shared your point of view. / Without remorse, you calmly thrust your knife / Into each heart that shared its love with you. “My senseless friend, seek happiness and mirth!...” / ...»