Poetry

  1 Earth|        Milosao, excerpt from canto 1)~The earth had transformed
  2 Lips |        Milosao, excerpt from canto 2)~The vineyards were golden,~
  3 Kiss |        Milosao, excerpt from canto 4)~It was Sunday morning~And
  4 Earth|           I had just~Returned from abroad, to be reunited~With my
  5      | Against
  6      | alone
  7      | am
  8 Earth|          The gleaners were singing~Amidst the sheaves. I had just~
  9      | an
 10 Earth|            rising;~But the dove of Anacreon~Lived on in ancient Tempe.~
 11 Earth|            of Anacreon~Lived on in ancient Tempe.~One day it departed
 12      | another
 13 Lips |         them back~With my bleeding arms.~We seemed on that evening~
 14 Earth|        Against the window panes.~I arose and looked outside:~The
 15 Earth|           Nor was it wounded by an arrow,~But flew onward until it
 16 Kiss |          to visit the fair maid~To ask for a drop of water,~For
 17 Kiss |           like the wind?'~'They're awaiting me for discus throwing.'~'
 18 Earth|          joy welled in my eyes.~It awoke me, brushing~Against the
 19 Lips |       scratch her,~For I held them back~With my bleeding arms.~We
 20 Earth|          Who, in the warmth of her bed at night,~Senses her breasts~
 21      | Beginning
 22      | beside
 23 Lips |           I held them back~With my bleeding arms.~We seemed on that
 24 Earth|            Covered our fields,~The blossoming flax~Swayed in the wind,~
 25 Earth|       Gently smiling, and like its blossoms ~Was the colour of the sky.~
 26 Kiss |         Placing them in his hands,~Blushing with embarrassment.~Tell
 27 Lips |           Lifting her jug~She said blushingly:~"I am the daughter of Kollogre"~
 28 Kiss |         plunged the other into her bodice~And pulled out the apples,~
 29 Earth|            s lips.~A joy filled my body~Like that of a fair maiden~
 30 Lips | embroidered cuffs~And braided hair~Bound in a white ribbon,~There
 31 Lips |         with embroidered cuffs~And braided hair~Bound in a white ribbon,~
 32 Kiss |            her alone by the hearth~Braiding her hair. ~They loved one
 33 Earth|           bed at night,~Senses her breasts~Beginning to swell.~~
 34 Lips |          the fountain,~Pensive her brow,~Her scarf tied to a blue
 35 Earth|           in my eyes.~It awoke me, brushing~Against the window panes.~
 36 Earth|            look out and forget~The cares of this world.~The gleaners
 37 Lips |           In the village with such charm."~Lifting her jug~She said
 38 Earth|         like its blossoms ~Was the colour of the sky.~You could look
 39 Kiss |       apples for you.'~Holding her combed hair~With one raised hand~
 40 Earth|            my sisters. My name was~Constantly on my mother's lips.~A joy
 41      | could
 42 Lips |          Tall and with embroidered cuffs~And braided hair~Bound in
 43 Lips |         mothers ~Who have sung and danced retreat from earth),~At
 44 Earth|       Reappeared beside the sea at dawn, ~What joy welled in my
 45 Lips |         their exhausted young~Were descending from the mountains~At the
 46 Kiss |            They're awaiting me for discus throwing.'~'Wait a moment,
 47 Earth|            new day rising;~But the dove of Anacreon~Lived on in
 48 Kiss |          drop of water,~For he was dying of thirst.~He found her
 49 Kiss |          raised hand~Over her pale ears,~She plunged the other into
 50 Lips |        radiant lips~In a moment of ecstasy.~~
 51 Lips |    presence~She turned towards me,~Elegant and graceful,~Trembling
 52 Kiss |           his hands,~Blushing with embarrassment.~Tell me, oh lovers,~Can
 53 Lips |          for Fjokat.~Tall and with embroidered cuffs~And braided hair~Bound
 54      | end
 55 Lips |            arms.~We seemed on that evening~Like two radiant lips~In
 56 Lips |           golden,~Foxes with their exhausted young~Were descending from
 57 Lips |          scarf tied to a blue sash~Extending to the ground.~The moment
 58 Earth|              What joy welled in my eyes.~It awoke me, brushing~Against
 59 Earth|     ripening vineyards~Covered our fields,~The blossoming flax~Swayed
 60 Earth|            my mother's lips.~A joy filled my body~Like that of a fair
 61 Lips |             At the time I left for Fjokat.~Tall and with embroidered
 62 Earth|         our fields,~The blossoming flax~Swayed in the wind,~Gently
 63 Earth|           wounded by an arrow,~But flew onward until it landed~At
 64 Kiss |            her lips:~'Why must you fly off like the wind?'~'They'
 65 Earth|             You could look out and forget~The cares of this world.~
 66      | found
 67 Lips |          There was a maiden at the fountain,~Pensive her brow,~Her scarf
 68 Lips |         The vineyards were golden,~Foxes with their exhausted young~
 69 Earth|          was its habit.~It did not freeze in the snow~Nor was it wounded
 70 Earth|          had transformed the oaks,~Fresh sea water sparkled ~Blue
 71 Earth|           flax~Swayed in the wind,~Gently smiling, and like its blossoms ~
 72 Lips |            joy.~The lad: "Will you give me a drop of your water,
 73 Earth|           cares of this world.~The gleaners were singing~Amidst the
 74 Lips |        canto 2)~The vineyards were golden,~Foxes with their exhausted
 75 Lips |            towards me,~Elegant and graceful,~Trembling with joy.~The
 76 Earth|            and looked outside:~The grapes in the ripening vineyards~
 77 Lips |         blue sash~Extending to the ground.~The moment she sensed my
 78 Earth|          did not return as was its habit.~It did not freeze in the
 79 Kiss |        combed hair~With one raised hand~Over her pale ears,~She
 80 Kiss |        apples,~Placing them in his hands,~Blushing with embarrassment.~
 81 Earth|       onward until it landed~At my happy home.~When the house and
 82 Lips |        mountains~At the end of the harvest,~At the time of year when
 83      | have
 84 Lips |        Kollogre"~And departed, her head uncovered.~Though she took
 85 Kiss |          He found her alone by the hearth~Braiding her hair. ~They
 86 Lips |         Did not scratch her,~For I held them back~With my bleeding
 87      | here
 88      | his
 89 Kiss |          Two ripe apples for you.'~Holding her combed hair~With one
 90 Earth|            my happy home.~When the house and land~Reappeared beside
 91      | into
 92 Lips |           such charm."~Lifting her jug~She said blushingly:~"I
 93 Earth|          Amidst the sheaves. I had just~Returned from abroad, to
 94 Kiss |    throwing.'~'Wait a moment, I've kept~Two ripe apples for you.'~
 95 Lips |  blushingly:~"I am the daughter of Kollogre"~And departed, her head
 96 Earth|           home.~When the house and land~Reappeared beside the sea
 97 Earth|           But flew onward until it landed~At my happy home.~When the
 98 Lips |          village with such charm."~Lifting her jug~She said blushingly:~"
 99 Earth|           But the dove of Anacreon~Lived on in ancient Tempe.~One
100 Earth|       colour of the sky.~You could look out and forget~The cares
101 Earth|          window panes.~I arose and looked outside:~The grapes in the
102 Kiss |             but spoke not of their love,~The maiden with a smile
103 Kiss |           Braiding her hair. ~They loved one another, but spoke not
104 Kiss |         embarrassment.~Tell me, oh lovers,~Can a kiss be sweeter
105 Lips |            Salonika, there were no maidens~In the village with such
106 Kiss |           And the son of the noble matron~Went to visit the fair maid~
107 Kiss |        from canto 4)~It was Sunday morning~And the son of the noble
108 Earth|          name was~Constantly on my mother's lips.~A joy filled my
109 Lips |      Retreats from such places (as mothers ~Who have sung and danced
110      | much
111      | must
112 Earth|       reunited~With my sisters. My name was~Constantly on my mother'
113 Earth|        water sparkled ~Blue at the new day rising;~But the dove
114 Earth|           the warmth of her bed at night,~Senses her breasts~Beginning
115      | no
116 Kiss |         morning~And the son of the noble matron~Went to visit the
117      | Nor
118      | off
119 Kiss |            embarrassment.~Tell me, oh lovers,~Can a kiss be sweeter
120 Earth|      wounded by an arrow,~But flew onward until it landed~At my happy
121      | other
122      | our
123 Earth|          panes.~I arose and looked outside:~The grapes in the ripening
124      | Over
125 Kiss |           one raised hand~Over her pale ears,~She plunged the other
126 Earth|        brushing~Against the window panes.~I arose and looked outside:~
127 Lips |    uncovered.~Though she took that path,~The thorns that covered
128 Lips |            maiden at the fountain,~Pensive her brow,~Her scarf tied
129 Lips |         the sun~Retreats from such places (as mothers ~Who have sung
130 Kiss |         And pulled out the apples,~Placing them in his hands,~Blushing
131 Kiss |            Over her pale ears,~She plunged the other into her bodice~
132 Lips |           The moment she sensed my presence~She turned towards me,~Elegant
133 Kiss |          other into her bodice~And pulled out the apples,~Placing
134 Kiss |           her combed hair~With one raised hand~Over her pale ears,~
135 Kiss |          off like the wind?'~'They're awaiting me for discus throwing.'~'
136 Earth|            When the house and land~Reappeared beside the sea at dawn, ~
137 Lips |           Who have sung and danced retreat from earth),~At the time
138 Lips |          time of year when the sun~Retreats from such places (as mothers ~
139 Earth|    mountains for water~And did not return as was its habit.~It did
140 Earth|            the sheaves. I had just~Returned from abroad, to be reunited~
141 Earth|        Returned from abroad, to be reunited~With my sisters. My name
142 Lips |      braided hair~Bound in a white ribbon,~There was a maiden at the
143 Kiss |            a moment, I've kept~Two ripe apples for you.'~Holding
144 Earth|         outside:~The grapes in the ripening vineyards~Covered our fields,~
145 Earth|      sparkled ~Blue at the new day rising;~But the dove of Anacreon~
146      | s
147 Lips |        charm."~Lifting her jug~She said blushingly:~"I am the daughter
148 Lips |          as a lad I left home ~For Salonika, there were no maidens~In
149 Lips |           Her scarf tied to a blue sash~Extending to the ground.~
150 Lips |    fountain,~Pensive her brow,~Her scarf tied to a blue sash~Extending
151 Lips |            that covered it~Did not scratch her,~For I held them back~
152      | seemed
153 Lips |         the ground.~The moment she sensed my presence~She turned towards
154 Earth|        warmth of her bed at night,~Senses her breasts~Beginning to
155 Earth|            were singing~Amidst the sheaves. I had just~Returned from
156 Earth|           world.~The gleaners were singing~Amidst the sheaves. I had
157 Lips |        maid: "As much as you wish, sir."~"Whose daughter are you,
158 Earth|             to be reunited~With my sisters. My name was~Constantly
159 Earth|    blossoms ~Was the colour of the sky.~You could look out and
160 Kiss |            love,~The maiden with a smile on her lips:~'Why must you
161 Earth|         Swayed in the wind,~Gently smiling, and like its blossoms ~
162 Earth|           It did not freeze in the snow~Nor was it wounded by an
163 Kiss |         was Sunday morning~And the son of the noble matron~Went
164 Earth|          the oaks,~Fresh sea water sparkled ~Blue at the new day rising;~
165 Kiss |        They loved one another, but spoke not of their love,~The maiden
166 Lips |          the time of year when the sun~Retreats from such places (
167 Kiss |       excerpt from canto 4)~It was Sunday morning~And the son of the
168 Lips |       places (as mothers ~Who have sung and danced retreat from
169 Earth|        fields,~The blossoming flax~Swayed in the wind,~Gently smiling,
170 Earth|           her breasts~Beginning to swell.~~
171 Lips |            time I left for Fjokat.~Tall and with embroidered cuffs~
172 Kiss |       Blushing with embarrassment.~Tell me, oh lovers,~Can a kiss
173 Earth|       Anacreon~Lived on in ancient Tempe.~One day it departed for
174 Kiss |         water,~For he was dying of thirst.~He found her alone by the
175      | this
176 Lips |            she took that path,~The thorns that covered it~Did not
177      | Though
178 Kiss |          re awaiting me for discus throwing.'~'Wait a moment, I've kept~
179 Lips |        Pensive her brow,~Her scarf tied to a blue sash~Extending
180 Lips |         head uncovered.~Though she took that path,~The thorns that
181      | towards
182 Lips |          me,~Elegant and graceful,~Trembling with joy.~The lad: "Will
183 Lips |         she sensed my presence~She turned towards me,~Elegant and
184 Lips |             And departed, her head uncovered.~Though she took that path,~
185      | until
186 Kiss |       throwing.'~'Wait a moment, I've kept~Two ripe apples for
187 Lips |       there were no maidens~In the village with such charm."~Lifting
188 Kiss |           the noble matron~Went to visit the fair maid~To ask for
189 Kiss |          me for discus throwing.'~'Wait a moment, I've kept~Two
190 Earth|            fair maiden~Who, in the warmth of her bed at night,~Senses
191      | We
192 Earth|         the sea at dawn, ~What joy welled in my eyes.~It awoke me,
193 Kiss |            son of the noble matron~Went to visit the fair maid~To
194      | What
195 Lips |            braided hair~Bound in a white ribbon,~There was a maiden
196      | Whose
197      | Why
198      | Will
199 Earth|           me, brushing~Against the window panes.~I arose and looked
200 Lips |          The maid: "As much as you wish, sir."~"Whose daughter are
201 Earth|           forget~The cares of this world.~The gleaners were singing~
202 Earth|      freeze in the snow~Nor was it wounded by an arrow,~But flew onward
203 Lips |            harvest,~At the time of year when the sun~Retreats from
204 Lips |         Foxes with their exhausted young~Were descending from the
205      | your