JUST TO EARN A PENNY OR TWO
THE SELLER SLAUGHTERED A FLOWER WITH DEW
JUST BLOOMED, MAY BE FIRST DAY OR SECOND
JUST STARTED TO SMILE WITH BEETLES BET ENDED
HE WAS THE DARLING OF SPRING INDEED
BUT ONE COULDN'T SENSE, BLIND IN GREED
MAY BE A DAY OR MORE
ITS CORPSE WOULD LIE IN A LANE OR STORE
WOULD THAT IT HAVE BEEN A PART
OR BEES' HONEY AND BEETLES' HEART
BUT THE SLAUGHTERER DIDN'T CARE
WHETHER IT LIVE MORE OR SOMEONE STARE
FLOWER IS SET TO WITHER AWAY SOONER
SO LET IT LIVE, NEVER BE ITS SLAUGHTERER
The poet proved that he has aesthetic sense on one hand and love for beauty on the other. A nice poem.......10
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
great description sense of wistfulness.... loved liked