I said,—for Love was laggard, O, Love was slow to come,—
"I'll hear his step and know his step when I am warm in
bed;
But I'll never leave my pillow, though there be some
As would let him in—and take him in with tears!" I said.
I lay,—for Love was laggard, O, he came not until dawn,—
I lay and listened for his step and could not get to sleep;
And he found me at my window with my big cloak on,
All sorry with the tears some folks might weep!
My interpretation: a woman who's finally fed up with the man carousing all night. Nicely written piece!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
According to what I got the poem is about social injustice. Edna is striving to gain what she is not given under capitalism.