A LOVER SINCE CHILDHOOD

Tangled in thought am I,

Stumble in speech do I?

Do I blunder and blush for the reason why?

Wander aloof do I,

Lean over gates and sigh,

Making friends with the bee and the butterfly?

If thus and thus I do,

Dazed by the thought of you,

Walking my sorrowful way in the early dew,

My heart cut through and through

In this despair of you,

Starved for a word or a look will my hope renew:

Give then a thought for me

Walking so miserably,

Wanting relief in the friendship of flower or tree;

Do but remember, we

Once could in love agree,

Swallow your pride, let us be as we used to be.

Georgian poetry, 1920-22 · 第 92 / 188 题