Elegy

The wind whispered sad songs into the lilacs

At dusk I came to set my little boat on the water
With its banner waved
And its candle that burned for my youth
Farewell to my youth
Forgotten, like the wind behind the rocks
Like the future I tried to stave off
And the water I cupped in my ends
Like the summer, flowing endlessly away
Farewell to the summer,
To flowers that blossomed like the sun,
And your sad eyes that I will not see anymore
Their irises, deep as the river, blooming in my memory.