Salomeja Neris

1904-1945 / Lithuania

I'Ll Be A Flower

You'll ride up, spring, one year,
Your bounty giving,
To find that I'm not here
Among the living.

Reining your bay, you'll see
Earth bloom that hour...
In meadows gay I'll be
A gillyflower.

Translated by Peter Tempest
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