Sunday, January 20, 2019

Poem of the Week: I am Happy Living Simply

“I am happy living simply”

 
I am happy living simply:
like a clock, or a calendar.
Worldly pilgrim, thin,
wise—as any creature. To know

the spirit is my beloved. To come to things—swift
as a ray of light, or a look.
To live as I write: spare—the way
God asks me—and friends do not.

1919
 
New versions from the Russian by Ilya Kaminsky and Jean Valentine
 

No comments: