As if I mocked him
or Love, so wounded
he dreams me
on swift legs
a doe-woman
with bow and arrow
the graceful
counterpart of the centaurs
equally shy, but more slender
equally modest
but not didactic
equally wise, but a woman
equally free, but subject
to his desire to possess
my desires, and to let me
do as he pleases:
to stay sharp in view
as I run, to look with longing
at him, and panting, entangled
in his hands, to keep looking
until he is satisfied
Feb 22, 2023
Feb 22, 2023 at 3:03 AM UTC
As if I mocked him
or Love, so wounded
he dreams me
on swift legs
a doe-woman
with bow and arrow
the graceful
counterpart of the centaurs
equally shy, but more slender
equally modest
but not didactic
equally wise, but a woman
equally free, but subject
to his desire to possess
my desires, and to let me
do as he pleases:
to stay sharp in view
as I run, to look with longing
at him, and panting, entangled
in his hands, to keep looking
until he is satisfied
Ballet "Sylvia ou la nymphe de Diane" ("Sylvia or the nymph of Diane", 1876, music Léo Delibes, libretto Jules Barbier and Jacques de Reinach, after the 1573 poem "Aminta" by Torquato Tassos)
Collection "Freend"
