Ah, I am leaving Alexandria <br />and will not see it for a long time! <br />I will see Cyprus, dear to the Goddess, <br />I will see Tyre, Epheses and Smyrna, <br />I will see Athens - the dream of my youth, <br />Corinth and far Byzantium <br />and the crown of all desires, <br />the goal of all strivings - <br />I will see great Rome! - <br />I will see everything, but not you! <br />Ah, I am leaving you, my darling, <br />and will not see you for a long, long time! <br />I will see much beauty <br />and look into many eyes, <br />I will kiss many lips, <br />I will caress many curls, <br />and I will whisper many names <br />waiting for trysts in many woods. <br />I will see everything, but not you!<br /><br />Mikhail Alekseevich Kuzmin<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-am-leaving-alexandria/
