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I Shall Take With Me
Translated by Edward Ginsburg

I’ll take green meadows with me,
Scents of the grape-blossom from father’s
Orchard,
The narrow lanes between the rye,
Where my childish footsteps linger.

I shall take white, feathery clouds,
Where my head may find a softer place,
And as a head-rest for The Silence,
My mother’s weary, tender smile.

And with me shall I take the breath of
Words,
Their softest form, their purest sorrow,
And,
With the final tear,
First love.

Nov. 6, 1972.

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