«1 From the totality / Of excesses, haste, / Machinery and greed / Arose the state. / The state stood for a fortress, sword, / Law and agreement. The state / Became the center / Of ill-managed, widespread evil: / A giant armored stomach, / In which the people function / ...»
«Farewell, my dear friend, farewell, / Within my heart you’ll stay, / And as we part, I can foretell / That we shall meet some day. Without a hand or a word, good-bye, / Don’t mourn for me or grieve — / For it’s not new for us to die, / Not newer still, to live.»
«Hail glorious grief! For yesterday died — / Passed away irreplaceably the king with gray eyes. That evening in autumn was scarlet and sad, / My husband came home and tranquilly said: “From the forest they brought him, he was hunting, you see, / They found his body by an old oak tree....»
«Frost and the sun; a splendid morning! / My dear friend, you still lie dormant, — / It's time, my beauty, rise in cheer: / Ope your eyelids lulled by night / To the splendor of the northern lights / And like the northern star appear! Recall the night, the storm was raging, / The...»