Chapter 5 Fives

When those eyes flash, the cloud in your breast answers with a storm. Are my lips really as sweet as the buds of awakened first love? Does the memory of the vanished May still linger in my limbs? Does the earth, like a harp, tremble into poetry at the touch of my feet? Then when I come, does the dew really fall from the eyes of the night, and does the morning light really feel happy because it surrounds my body? Is it true, is it true, that your love has sought me through many ages and through many worlds? When at last you found me, did your everlasting longing find complete peace in my tender words, in my eyes lips and flowing hair?

So is the mystery of "infinity" really written on my small forehead? Tell me, my love, if all this is true. Like a lost bird, I was caught. When my heart trembles, it loses its veil and becomes ***.Cover it with pity.Lover, please forgive my love. If you cannot love me, love, please forgive my pain. Don't squint at me from afar. I shall steal back to my corner and sit in the dark. I will cover my naked shame with my hands. Turn your back, my love, and forgive my pain. If you love me, lover, please forgive my joy. Don't laugh at my raging retreat when my heart is swept away by the flood of joy.

Forgive my pride, love, and my joy, when I sit on my throne and reign over you with my tyrannical love, when I shower you with grace like a goddess. I visited all night and now I have sleepiness on my face. lest I lose you in my sleep. Don't leave without saying goodbye, I love. I started up and stretched out my hands to touch you, and I asked myself: "Is this a dream?" If only I could bind your feet with my heart, and hold it close to my breast! Don't leave without saying goodbye, I love. You blinded me with flashes of laughter to cover your tears. I know, I know your tricks,

You never say what you have to say. I'm afraid I don't cherish you, so you do everything possible to avoid me. Lest I confuse you with the others and you stand alone. I know, I know your tricks, You never go the way you want to go. You demand more than anyone else, and therefore you are silent. You evade my gift with playful carelessness. I know, I know your tricks, You never accept what you want to accept.