Article: The Island with a Cloud.(Poems)(Poem)

 
The Island with a Cloud 
 
   One day a cloud appeared 
   among the islands. It chose one, 
   and stayed. The island 
   was neither pretty nor large 
   (well, I mean exceptional, 
   for all these islands 
   are beautiful, their shapes 
   are comely). It had neither 
   philosopher nor strong man, 
   and its women were beautiful 
   only as all women are. Its goats 
   gave no more milk, nor ran 
   more freely, and the stars 
   above it were exactly the same 
   as elsewhere. Yet the cloud 
   chose it and no other. 
   You must know our islands, 
   In these latitudes blue 
   is the only color except 
   for what the sun grants us 
   on its way to the underworld, 
   ...

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