OF SAD JOY.

I am angry with you, little girl,

Because of your gracious smiles,

And your restful lips, and teeth of pearl,

And the black glitter of your great eyes.

I am angry with you, but on my knees,

For when I went away, in happy wise,

Far from you, far as goes the breeze,

I could think of nothing but of your eyes.

I was timid, I never dared look back,

And I went singing as madmen do,

To forget your eyes, alack!

But my song was all about you.

Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell · 第 78 / 232 题