From 'The Clouds'

SORROW? A GREAT OCEAN.
Joy?
A little pearl in the ocean.Perhaps, 
By the time I fish it up, I may break it.

Tr: W.H. Auden


THE FARMER PUTS HIS FIELD under the plow,
Then he harrows it even.
Time puts our features under the plow,
But won't harrow them even.

Tr: Peter Zollman


HOW MANY DROPS HAS THE OCEAN SEA?
Can you count the stars?
In human heads how many hairs can there be?
And sins within human hearts?

Tr: Peter Zollman