Woman's chest! The soul's frozen breath —
Woman's reason! Wave, that by surprise
Was caught — and always by surprise
Having caught up to you — seen by God's eyes!
Playpen of the despising and despised
Has quieted. — Woman's chest! — Yielding was
An armament! — I am thinking of those...
Of those girlfriends — those one-breasted ones!
Грудь женская! Души застывший вздох, —
Суть женская! Волна, всегда врасплох
Застигнутая — и всегда врасплох
Вас застигающая — видит Бог!
Презренных и презрительных утех
Игралище. — Грудь женская! — Доспех
Уступчивый! — Я думаю о тех...
Об одногрудых тех, — подругах тех!..
«I will sew myself black trousers / from the velvet of my voice. / And from three yards of sunset, a yellow blouse. / Along the world's main street, along its glossy lanes, / I will saunter with the gait of Don Juan, a fop. Let the earth, overripe and placid, cry out: / "You would rape the...»
«1 I don't believe forebodings, nor do omens / Frighten me. I do not run from slander / Nor from poison. On earth there is no death. / All are immortal. All is immortal. No need / To be afraid of death at seventeen / Nor yet at seventy. Reality and light / Exist, but neither death nor da...»
«My soul is borne out on the wind. / Through the opaqueness of her earthly case she glitters like a sword. / She is free; she rides her body as the whirlwind the storm. / She is free from the death of the flesh. / / Her passage is brief as the lightning, / As the flash of the outgoing se...»
«In fields hopeless and dumb / Droops the pale-bladed grain; / It is dozing and numb / Amid dreams that are vain... / With a high sudden hum / The field tosses its mane: / "Unto us Christ is come!" / The wild news shakes the plain. / Like a wind-beaten drum / Shouts the quivering gr...»