Verse Dedicated to a Sad Girlfriend (Continued) pg. 63

I can’t die and I can’t live

For what use is life without you

            Sadly, gloomily here on this earth

            The wind wears at the trees

            And my life is that sad

            Because I don’t see you ________.[1]

Like a beggar are my desires

He seeks in a song and a memory

May God in high Heaven shorten my useless life

Give it to someone in the world who is happier[2] than poor me

            Remember me, because I [remember] you

            And my love will end in the grave

Sincere love does not die

My heart loves yours

I will not forget you

Until [I’m] under the cold grave

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[1] Blank in original

[2] Or “more fortunate”

Verse Dedicated to a Sad Girlfriend (Continued) pg. 62

And when, again and again in a free hour

A sad song knits your white temples

Remember alone[1]  that I alone

I wanted to love you [but] you despised me

The liquid of the coastal waves is continually peaceful

May God guide your little boat

In happiness[2], in unhappiness[3], remember me

            For I sincerely love you

            Fate drives us in different directions

            Like the gale [drives] the ocean waves

            But you me, and I you

            Let’s remember [each other] forever, always

Like a wildflower bends down modestly

Thus I beg you, Bronia, don’t forget me

Without you I go [my] way alone

Without any star in the sky

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[1] Crossed out in original

[2] Or “good fortune”

[3] Or “misfortune”

Verse Dedicated to a Sad Girlfriend (Continued) pg. 61

Verse Dedicated to a Sad Girlfriend (Continued)

When, again and again, when in a grey hour

Clouds knit your pale forehead

Remember that I alone

In the whole world love you sincerely

            The little bird is sad when they clip her wings

            But sadder is that girl who loves in vain

            Remember me, how that moist earth

            Forever presses on my heart

            Remember me when a lonely lily

            Shines over [my] grave like a goblet

Like a wildflower bends down the ear [of grain]

Thus, I beg you, give me a kiss

            May disease torment you forever

            May patient toil oppress you

            May every guy abandon you

            May your [own] ideal[1] abandon you

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[1] i.e. idol?