Poesia kaiera
Iluntzea Lesbosen
Bitan ikusirik zuen garçon buruak maitagarri
Alboz albo, onizea eta urrea,
Badakit eduki dudala ezin zena izan nirea.
Bitan sartu naiz gelan jakin barik bera berton zela.
Bi agata begi, malakita begi bi,
Bitan itzuli dira nigana, gogor eta dizdizari.
Eta hala jakin dut nire galera.
Oi, berreskuratu ezineko
Intsentsu eztia, haize bako gauean igokari!
Evening on Lesbos
Twice having seen your shingled heads adorable / Side by side, the onyx and the gold, / I know that I have had what I could not hold. // Twice have I entered the room, not knowing she was here. / Two agate eyes, two eyes of malachite, / Twice have been turned upon me, hard and bright // Whereby I know my loss. / Oh, not restorable / Sweet incense, mounting in the windless night!