Stirred by the first faint ice-free pulse,
The forest, grumbling, clings to winter's sleep
But spring's own pearls, strung onto threads of green
Quiver with life at every breath of wind.
Like tender human babe in swaddling clothes
The newborn nestled in her funneled leaf,
And now within her maiden bower she grows
Fragrant, vulnerable, exquisite.
Fragile flower and thick limbed forest share
The bitter sweetness of the fevered spring,
The agony of life's slow-thawing veins
The ecstasy of life's thrusting growth.
Чернеет лес, теплом разбуженный,
Весенней сыростью объят.
А уж на ниточках жемчужины
От ветра каждого дрожат.
Бутонов круглые бубенчики
Еще закрыты и плотны,
Но солнце раскрывает венчики
У колокольчиков весны.
Природой бережно спеленатый,
Завернутый в широкий лист,
Растет цветок в глуши нетронутой,
Прохладен, хрупок и душист.
Томится лес весною раннею,
И всю счастливую тоску,
И все свое благоухание
Он отдал горькому цветку.
«White and dishevelled, she looks outrageous, / Rushing about, brisk and courageous. / / Dark is the night, it is scared to death, and / Clouds, like kerchiefs, have covered the crescent. / / Wind, letting out hysterical hoots, / Whirls like a shot to the back of the woods. / / ...»
«Silver bluebell, are you singing, / Or, perchance, my heart is dreaming? / Light from rosy icon flashes / Falling on my golden lashes. / / Though I'm not that gentle infant / in the flapping splash of pigeons, / Yet my dreams are sweet and distant, / Somewhere in the woodland regio...»
«Over there beyond fields of yellow / There are villages stretching ahead. / There's a wood and the sunset of mellow / And a fence with a nettle thread. / / There over the domes of the temple / Is the turquoise dust of the sky, / And the wind rings the grass, wet and gentle, / A...»
«You don't love me and don't feel compassion / Don't you think that now I look my best? / Though you look aside you're thrilled with passion / As you put your arms upon my chest. / / You are young , so sensitive and zealous, / I am neither bad nor very good to you. / Tell me, did you ...»