LIV THE PAST WHICH SURVIVES
Mitchell S. (Mitchell Starrett) Buck translation
I WILL leave the bed as she has left it, unmade and rumpled, the covers mingled, in order that the form of her body may remain impressed beside mine.
Until tomorrow I will not go to the bath, I I will not wear any garments, I will not comb my hair, for fear lest I efface her caresses.
This morning, I will not eat, nor this evening, and upon my lips I will place neither rouge nor powder, in order that her kiss may remain.
I will leave the shutters closed and I will not open the door for fear lest the remembrance which she has left fly out upon the wind.