Living
Hiding from the World
Translated by Jethro Bithell (1911) · From Contemporary Belgian Poetry (1911)
Shall not our love be like the violet, Sweet?
And open in the dewy, dustless air
Its dainty chalice with blue petals, where
The shade of bushes makes a shy retreat?
And we will frame our daily happiness
By joining hearts, lips, brows in rapt caress
Far from the world, its noises and conceit ...
Shall we not hide our modest love between
Trees wafting cool on flowers and grasses green?
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Kinon, Victor. “Hiding from the World.” Translated by Jethro Bithell. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/victor-kinon/2/.
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Kinon, Victor. “Hiding from the World.” Translated by Jethro Bithell. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/victor-kinon/2/.
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