A MAN TO A SUNFLOWER

See, I have bent thee by thy saffron hair

--O most strange masker--

Towards my face, thy face so full of eyes

--O almost legendary monster--

Thee of the saffron, circling hair I bend,

Bend by my fingers knotted in thy hair

--Hair like broad flames.

So, shall I swear by beech-husk, spindleberry,

To break thee, saffron hair and peering eye,

--To have the mastery?

Georgian poetry, 1920-22 · 第 138 / 188 题