Japanese Love-Songs 5
Hush of night. Perfumed breath of night. A moth with flaming wings. Come beloved.
Frank Oliver Call
Hush of night. Perfumed breath of night. A moth with flaming wings. Come beloved.
The speaker sets an intimate, almost breathless scene: deep silence, night air thick with fragrance. Into that stillness comes a vivid flash—a moth with flaming wings. It could be a real moth lit by lamplight, but it also feels like desire, something pulled toward heat and danger.
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