He took pine of the earthly road —
First and unique one since;
Washed legs of them whoever roam —
The Servant and the Prince.
He cried with us — The legal Master
Of earth and sea, we view...
A king, a teacher, and a brother —
And he’s a Jew.
Он принял скорбь земной дороги,
Он первый, Он один,
Склонясь, умыл усталым ноги
Слуга — и Господин.
Он с нами плакал,— Повелитель
И суши, и морей.
Он царь, и брат нам, и Учитель,
И Он — еврей.
«I yearn to live in wild extremes, / Perpetuating things and places / And incarnating all that's faceless — / To carry out all broken dreams. And while life’s nightmare chokes, persisting, / And in my sleep I suffocate, / Perhaps the future, near or distant / Will bring a glad lad, w...»
«May be, in my previous a-being, / I’ve cut the throats of my Mom and Dad, / If in this one — Lord of all the living! — / I have been doomed to suffering like that. If I call for dogs of mine, aloud, / Or just try my own horse to see, / Not obeying all my signs and shouts, / The...»
«In my night-time fever / I see you, O / Winged Victory of Samothrace, / reaching out your arms. First night-silence runs / from you, then your blind / inexorable driving flight / brings giddiness, whirling sick. Your crazy-bright eyes / laugh, and blaze, / and our shadows run behin...»
«At my window pane / A somber birch tree / Is newly adorned / By the frost’s whimsy. It’s like bunches of grapes / That hang from branch tips — / And the mournful shapes / Are a joy to contemplate. I watch the daylight spread / To play along the branches; / But when birds alig...»