The two lovers

As I went through the rustling grasses,

Over the long, low dune,

I saw on the sands two lovers,

And I saw the waves and the moon.

And I heard the unaltering murmur

Of the sea and a wind that stirred;

And I heard the lovers breathing,

Breathing many a soft, sweet word.

And because I too am a lover,

And my love is far from me,

I hated the two on the sand there,

And the moon and the sand and the sea.