ODE

For you, Muse,
For your eyes,
For your hair,
For your brow,
I bring you my last,
My most intense,
Song of madness
As my flaming heart--
To illuminate
My last path,
My last evening,
My last great pain--
Yearning for your
Lofty stature
To be my night’s
Blazing lighthouse.

VARAND
Translated By: Tatul Sonentz