«Sisters heaviness and tenderness — your signs are the same. / Bees and wasps are sucking the heavy rose. / Man is dying. The heated sand is chilling, / And yesterday's sun is carried away on a black stretcher. Ah, heavy honeycombs and tender nets, / It is easier to lift a stone than to re...»
«Into the circling choral dance of shadows that trampled the soft meadow, / I merged with my melodious name, / But everything melted away and only a faint sound / Has remained in my misty memory. At first I thought my name seraphic / And I shunned by slight body; / Some days passed and I f...»
«A meagre beam in a cold measure / Scatters light in the damp forest. / The sorrow is like a grey bird / That I carry slowly in my heart. What shall I do with this wounded bird? / The firmament has fallen silent, died; / From the misty steeple / Someone has taken down the bells. And thi...»
«Up out of an evil clinging pool / I grew, whispering like a reed, / Breathing the forbidden life / Passionately, languidly and tenderly. And I bend over back into the cold refuge of the swamp, / Marked by no-one, / Met by the welcoming rustle / Of the brief autumnal moments. I'm happy...»