«8. Patiently, as one splits gravel, / Patiently, as one awaits death / Patiently, as news mature, / Patiently, as one cherishes revenge — I will wait for you (with fingers clenched — / As a monarch waits for the hostage) / Patiently, as one awaits rhymes / Patiently, as one bites o...»
«Those condemned to their last rags / Cover (not their mouth, not their cheeks!..) / Oh, are you not exceeding your powers / Orpheus, while descending into Hades? Those giving up their last connection to / Earth... On a bed of lies / I have committed a great dishonesty in contemplating —...»
«Between us a double-edged knife / I swore — in my thoughts to put it there... / But sometimes there are — passionate sisters! / But sometimes there is brotherly passion! But this is like a touch of / The prairie in the wind, an abyss on the lips / A blow... Sword, protect us two / ...»
«In a world where everyone / Stoops and [produces] suds / I know —only one / Equal in strength to me. In a world where we / Seek so much, / I know — only one / Equal to me in might. In a world where everything is — / Mold and vines / I know: only one / You — equal in dep...»