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now that I may have had for nothing A most unpleasant shivering in my 

conscience   When   I   laid   open   for   your   contemplation   The   wealth   of   my 

worn casket。 If I did�察�The fault was not yours wholly。 Search again This 

wreckage   we   may   call   for   sport   a   face�察�And   you   may   chance   upon   the 



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price of havoc That I have paid for a few sorry stones That shine and have 

no light  yet once were stars�察�And sparkled on a crown。 Little and weak 

They seem�察�and they are cold�察�I fear�察�for you。 But they that once were fire 

for me may not Be cold again for me until I die�察�And only God knows if 

they may be then。 There is a love that ceases to be love In being ourselves。 

How�察�then�察�are we to lose it�拭�You that are sure that you know everything 

There   is   to   know   of   love�察  �answer   me   that。   Well�拭   �   。   。 You   are   not   even 

interested。 

     Once on a far off time when I was young�察�I felt with your assurance�察�

and   all   through   me�察  �That   I   had   undergone   the   last   and   worst   Of   love's 

inventions。 There was a boy who brought The sun with him and woke me 

up with   it�察�And   that   was every  morning�察  �every night   I  tried to   dream  of 

him�察�but never could�察�More than I might have seen in Adam's eyes Their 

fond   uncertainty   when   Eve   began   The   play   that   all   her   tireless   progeny 

Are not yet weary of。 One scene of it Was brief�察�but was eternal while it 

lasted�察�And that was while I was the happiest Of an imaginary six or seven�察�

Somewhere in history but not on earth�察�For whom the sky had shaken and 

let stars Rain down like diamonds。 Then there were clouds�察�And a sad end 

of   diamonds�察     �whereupon      Despair    came�察   �like   a  blast  that  would     have 

brought Tears to the eyes of all the bears in Finland�察�And love was done。 

That was how much I knew。 Poor little wretch� �I wonder where he is This 

afternoon。 Out of this rain�察�I hope。 

     At last�察�when I had seen so many days Dressed all alike�察�and in their 

marching   order�察  �Go   by   me   that   I   would   not   always   count   them�察     �One 

stopped  shattering the whole file of Time�察�Or so it seemed�察�and when I 

looked again�察�There was a man。 He struck once with his eyes�察�And then 

there was a woman。 I�察�who had come To wisdom�察�or to vision�察�or what you 

like�察�By the old hidden road that has no name�察 �I�察�who was used to seeing 

without flying So much that others fly from without seeing�察�Still looked�察�

and was afraid�察�and looked again。 And after that�察�when I had read the story 

Told   in   his   eyes�察  �and   felt   within   my   heart   The   bleeding   wound   of   their 

necessity�察  �I   knew   the   fear   was   his。   If   I   had   failed   him And   flown   away 

from him�察�I should have lost Ingloriously my wings in scrambling back�察�

And found them arms again。 If he had struck me Not only with his eyes 



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but with his hands�察�I might have pitied him and hated love�察�And then gone 

mad。 I�察�who have been so strong  Why don't you laugh�拭 �might even 

have done all that。 I�察�who have learned so much�察�and said so much�察�And 

had the commendations of the great For one who rules herself  why don't 

you cry�拭 �And own a certain small authority Among the blind�察�who see 

no   more   than   ever�察  �But   like   my   voice�察     �I   would   have   tossed   it   all   To 

Tophet   for   one   man�察  �and   he   was   jealous。   I   would   have   wound   a   snake 

around my neck And then have let it bite me till   I died�察�If  my so   doing 

would   have   made   me   sure   That   one   man   might   have   lived�察  �and   he   was 

jealous。 I would have driven these hands into a cage That held a thousand 

scorpions�察�and crushed them�察�If only by so poisonous a trial I could have 

crushed his doubt。 I would have wrung My living blood with mediaeval 

engines Out of my screaming flesh�察�if only that Would have made one man 

sure。 I would have paid For him the tiresome price of body and soul�察�And 

let   the   lash   of   a   tongue´weary   town   Fall   as   it   might   upon   my   blistered 

name�察�And while it fell I could have laughed at it�察�Knowing that he had 

found out   finally Where   the wrong   was。  But there was   evil in him That 

would have made no more of his possession Than confirmation of another 

fault�察�And there  was honor   if   you call it   honor That hoods itself   with 

doubt and wears a crown Of lead that might as well be gold and fire。 Give 

it as heavy or as light a name As any there is that fits。 I see myself Without 

the power to swear to this or that That I might be if he had been without it。 

Whatever I might have been that I was not�察�It only happened that it wasn't 

so。 Meanwhile�察�you might seem to be listening�此�If you forget yourself and 

go to sleep�察�My treasure�察�I shall not say this again。 Look up once more into 

my poor old face�察�Where you see beauty�察�or the Lord knows what�察�And say 

to me aloud what else there is Than ruins in it that you most admire。 

     No�察�there was never anything like that�察�Nature has never fastened such 

a mask Of radiant and impenetrable merit On any woman as you say there 

is On this one。 Not a mask�拭�I thank you�察�sir�察�But you see more with your 

determination�察  �I   fear�察  �than   with   your   prudence   or   your   conscience�察�And 

you have never met me with my eyes In all the mirrors I've made faces at。 

No�察    �I  shall   never    call  you    strange    again�此  �You    are   the   young    and 

inconvincible Epitome of all blind men since Adam。 May the blind lead 



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the   blind�察  �if   that   be   so�拭�And   we   shall   need   no   mirrors�拭�You   are   saying 

What most I feared you might。 But if the blind�察�Or one of them�察�be not so 

fortunate As to put out the eyes of recollection�察�She might at last�察�without 

her meaning it�察�Lead on the other�察�without his knowing it�察�Until the two of 

them should lose themselves Among dead craters in a lava´field As empty 

as a desert on the moon。 I am not speaking in a theatre�察�But in a room so 

real   and   so  familiar   That   sometimes   I   would   wreck   it。   Then   I   pause�察�

Remembering there is a King in Weimar  A monarch�察�and a poet�察�and a 

shepherd   Of   all   who   are   astray   and   are   outside   The   realm   where   they 

should rule。 I think of him�察�And save the furniture�察�I think of you�察�And am 

forlorn�察�finding in you the one To lavish aspirations and illusions Upon a 

faded   and   forsaken   house   Where   love�察  �being   locked   alone�察  �was   nigh   to 

burning House and himself together。 Yes�察�you are strange�察�To see in such 

an injured architecture Room for new love to live in。 Are you laughing�拭�

No�拭�Well�察�you are not crying�察�as you should be。 Tears�察�even if they told 

only gratitude For your escape�察�and had no other story�察�Were surely more 

becoming than a smile For my unwomanly straightforwardness In seeing 

for you�察�through my close gate of years Your forty ways to freedom。 Why 

do you smile�拭�And while I'm trembling at my faith in you In giving you to 

read this book of danger That only one man living might have written  

These letters�察  �which   have   been   a   part   of   me   So   long   that   you   may  read 

them all again As often as you look into my face�察�And hear them when I 

speak to   you�察 �and   feel them Whenever   you   have   to   touch   me   with   your 

hand�察 �Why are you so unwilling to be spared�拭�Why do you still believe 

in me�拭�But no�察�I'll find another way to ask you that。 I wonder if there is

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