As if I mocked him
or Love, so wounded
he dreams me
on swift legs
a doe-woman
without bow and arrow
graceful, and shy
slender, and modest
wise, but a woman
subject
to his desire
to possess
my desires
sharp in view
as I run, longingly
looking at him, panting
entangled in his hands
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 "Froend"