Longing

The Recall

The night was dark when she went away, and the slept.The night is dark now, and I call for her,…

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The Gardener XXIX: Speak to Me

Speak to me, my love! Tell me inwords what you sang.The night is dark. The stars arelost in clouds. The…

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The Gardener XXII: When She Passed by Me

When she passed by me with quicksteps, the end of her skirt touchedme.From the unknown island of aheart came a…

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The Gardener XXCIII: She Dwelt on the Hillside

She dwelt on the hillside by edgeof a maize-field, near the spring thatflows in laughing rills through thesolemn shadows of…

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The Gardener XLVIII: Free Me

Free me from the bonds of yoursweetness, my love! Nor more of thiswine of kisses.This mist of heavy incense stiflesmy…

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The Gardener XL: An Unbelieving Smile

An unbelieving smile flits on youreyes when I come to you to take myleave.I have done it so often that…

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The Gardener XIV: I Was Walking by the Road

I was walking by the road, I do notknow why, when the noonday was pastand bamboo branches rustled in thewind.The…

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The Gardener XI: Come As You Are

Come as you are; do not loiter overyour toilet.If your braided hair has loosened ifthe parting of your hair be…

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The Gardener LXXXIV: Over the Green

Over the green and yellow rice-fieldssweep the shadows of the autumnclouds followed by the swift-chasingsun.The bees forget to sip their…

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She

She who ever had remained in the depth of my being,in the twilight of gleams and of glimpses;she who never…

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