Narcissus

A Translation for Basil King

Poor Narcissus Your dim fragrance And the dim heart of the river

I want to stay at your edge Flower of love Poor Narcissus

Ripples and sleeping fish Cross your white eyes Songbirds and butterflies Japanese mine

I so tall beside you Flower of love Poor Narcissus

How wide-awake the frogs are They won't stay out of the surface In which your madness and my madness Mirrors itself

Poor Narcissus My sorrow Self of my sorrow.

Jack Spicer
SourceLicence:Public domain (US, unrenewed)

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