Come
as you are; do not loiter over your toilet.
If
your braided hair has loosened, if the parting of your hair be not
straight, if the ribbons of your bodice be not fastened, do not mind.
Come
as you are; do not loiter over your toilet.
Come,
with quick steps over the grass.
If
the raddle come from your feet because of the dew, if the rings of bells
upon your feet slacken, if pearls drop out of your chain, do not mind.
Come
with quick steps over the grass.
Do
you see the clouds wrapping the sky?
Flocks
of cranes fly up from the further river-bank and fitful guests of wind
rush over the heath.
The
anxious cattle run to their stalls in the village.
Do
you see the clouds wrapping the sky?
In
vain you light your toilet lamp--it flickers and goes out in the wind.
Who
can know that your eyelids have not been touched with lampblack? For
your eyes are darker than rain-clouds.
In
vain you light your toilet lamp--it goes out.
Come
as you are; do not loiter over your toilet.
If
the wreath is not woven, who cares; if the wrist-chain has not been
linked, let it be.
The
sky is overcast with clouds--it is late.
Come
as you are; do not loiter over your toilet.