«Bound for your distant home / you were leaving alien lands. / In an hour as sad as I’ve known / I wept over your hands. / My hands were numb and cold, / still trying to restrain / you, whom my hurt told / never to end this pain. But you snatched your lips away / from our bitterest...»
«It’s time, my friend: it’s time! The heart wants rest — / the days slip by, the hours take away / fragments of our life: and you and I / plan how to live and, — just like that — we die. / No happiness on earth, yet there’s freedom, peace. / I’ve long dreamt of an enviable f...»
«My darling, I love your eyes / with their miraculous flash of fire, / when you lift them for an instant / and, like lightning from the sky, / cast a swift glance around you. But there’s a greater magic still: / your eyes downcast / in a passionate kiss / and through your lowered las...»
«I knew two eyes — those eyes, oh / how I loved them — God knows. / I couldn’t tear my soul / from their intense, bewitching darkness. Such sorrow, such passion showed / in that deep gaze / that laid life bare, / such depth, such sorrow! Sad and self-absorbed it trembled, / in ...»