Remembrance

I moved slowly about...

Green bamboos, iced cold water.

Those who knew me, said I was sad at heart.

Others thought, I was seeking for something.

But my heart was intoxicated

with the poisonous thought of my secret lover.

I wandered deep into the forest

seeking for long lost desires.

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The women bow.

I cross the threshold with gold slippers.

How well my royal black robes befits me !

The court stands still.

I approach, topazes glimmering on my fingers.

The splendour of my smile.

The glossy ebony tresses unfold.

I reign over all these hearts, throbbing in night-blue veins.

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Blue flies buzzing in the chrysanthemums.

Languor and lust.

The afternoon suspended in your hazel eyes.

I lie by you and dream of secret longings.

Caressing your skin

shadowed by dark bamboos.

Light, the moon comes forward.

The splendid night has arrived.

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Lets be wild in our love.

Lets go to great excess.

Days and months will pass,

leaving us so anguished and thoughtful.

The end of the year is drawing to a close.

Lets not think beyond this present.

The duty of love is the enjoyment

of every hour spent in your arms.