Friday, October 19, 2018

In the Green May Time (Continued) [Written entirely in Czech] pg. 45





When we had had our pleasure
My beloved began to cry
Forego, my beloved, going home this evening
Wait until it’s near morning
            We walked through the green arbor
            That pale moon no longer sees us
            It said, I don’t know, I don’t see
            That she met with [her] beloved
Memories of Youth[1]
The mountains resounded, the forests roared
Where did you go, my youthful hours?
[Those] hours, my hours, did not enjoy beauty
My youthful years did not enjoy the world
Youth [so] precious, precious, youth
We turned out as if in vain
We turned out to be in vain, things neglected me
Youth, precious youth, where did you get lost?
As if it had thrown that stone into the water
Even if that stone had turned around in the water
My youth will never come back





[1] In Czech in a different handwriting

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