I give あなた these verses so that if my name,
A vessel favored によって a strong north wind,
Fortunately reaches the distant future's shore,
And some night sets the minds of men to dreaming,
Your memory, like fables shrouded in the past,
Will weary the reader like a dulcimer,
And によって a mystical, brotherly bond
Remain suspended from my haughty verse;
Accurst being to whom, from the deep abysm
To the highest heaven, nothing responds, save me!
— O あなた who, like an ephemeral ghost,
Trample lightly and with a serene look
Upon the dull mortals who found あなた repugnant,
Jet eyed statue, tall エンジェル with a brow of bronze!...
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