by
Leopold Staff (1878 - 1957)
Dłoń moja przesunęła się po jej ciele....
Language: Polish (Polski)  after the Arabic (العربية)
Available translation(s): ENG
Dłoń moja przesunęła się po jej ciele. Spała.
Patrzyłem na nią. Tymczasem myśl ma biegła ku innej.
Jakżeby dłoń jej umiała mnie uśpić!
A tak mi trzeba snu...
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- ENG English ( Marek Tomaszewski) , "Another", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 28
Another
Language: English  after the Polish (Polski)
My hand moved along her body. She slept.
I was looking at her. Meanwhile my thought was running toward another.
How her hand could lull me asleep!
And I need sleep so much...
Authorship:
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- a text in Polish (Polski) by Leopold Staff (1878 - 1957), "Ogród pieszczot", first published 1921
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This text was added to the website: 2004-08-14
Line count: 4
Word count: 33