Nature
God summoned me to Paradise
Translated by Joseph Štýbr (1920) · From Evening Songs (Večerní písně), trans. Štýbr (1920)
God summoned me to Paradise
To get me educated.
“’Tis hard for me to be alone!”
The Lord then Eve created.
He took not one rib from my breast,
My heart in half he parted.
That is why my heart still tends back
From where Thine once had started.
And that is why such strange desires
So oft in my heart gather,
And I feel as though both our hearts
Should grow again together.
And that is why when I’m away
Pain to my heart is creeping,
My foot does of itself turn back,
And I am sad—to weeping.
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MLA
Hálek, Vítězslav. “God summoned me to Paradise.” Translated by Joseph Štýbr. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/halek/6/.
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Hálek, Vítězslav. “God summoned me to Paradise.” Translated by Joseph Štýbr. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/halek/6/.
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