Anemone and columbine
Where gloom has lain
Opened in gardens
Between love and disdain
Made sombre by the sun
Our shadows meet
Until the sun
Is squandered by night
Gods of living water
Let down their hair
And now you must follow
A craving for shadows
Guillaume Apollinaire (1880 - 1918) France
Translated by Donald Revell
Source: The Poetry Foundation
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