«Autumn’s come upon us, / Summer’s blooms gone dry; / Shrubs with leafless branches / Cheerlessly stand by. Grasses in the meadow / Wilting, turning bronze, / There’s only sprouts of emerald / In fields of winter crop. Rainclouds hide the heavens, / Not a ray of sun; / Winds h...»
«The Christ-child had a garden, / And many roses He planted therein; / He had three times a day watered them, / In order to weave for Himself a garland later on. When those roses were in full bloom, / He called the Hebrew children ; / They plucked off every flower, / And the whole garden...»
«Before thee lies a broad new way. / Accept then my greeting, not loud, but hearty: / May thy bosom be, as it was, warmed / With love of thy fellow-man, with love of the eternal truth. Mayst thou not lose in the hard struggle with evil, / All of which at present thy soul is so full; / And ...»
«Nu, astăzi nu vă vreau, gânduri cernite. / Voi visuri, fiţi un pic mai potolite. / Codoaşe tristă, de trufie îmbătată, / Nu vreau să-mi mai oferi, nici când, vre-o fată. Nu mă-mbia să merg pe căi de noapte, / Spre locuri ce-am lăsat demult departe. / Celui mult prea timid,...»