Ý. Äèêèíñîí. 1324. I send you a decrepit flower

Îëüãà Äåíèñîâà 2
1324 (1874)
Öâåòîê ïîñëåäíèé øëþ òåáå –
Åãî – ñïåøà íà þã –
Ïðèðîäà ïîäàðèëà ìíå –
À ÿ îñòàëàñü òóò –

Ñ ÷åãî ïîäàðîê ýòîò áûë –
Èç äîáðûõ ÷óâñòâ êî ìíå
Èëü òî ðàñ÷åò è çäðàâûé ñìûñë –
Ñîêðûòî â ãëóáèíå –
3-15.2023


1324 (1874)
I send you a decrepit flower
That nature sent to me
At parting – she was going south
And I designed to stay –

Her motive for the souvenir
If sentiment for me
Or circumstances prudential
Withheld invincibly –