Gina



I Fritz

Comes fidelis,
nos petis et timide
pedem levem das.

Metrical Haiku

Translation: Faithful companion, you long for us; you shyly give a gentle paw.

II Colette

Floribus et croceis gemmis gaudes siculisque
ultro animadvertis crescentia germina passim.
Hicine Hyperboreis algens ego frigore terris
adventum veris quaero glacialibus arvis.
Iam contemplemur caelorum sidera terris
disiunctis eadem media sub nocte silenti.

Meter: Dactylic Hexameter

Translation: While you rejoice both in yellow flowers and Sicilian buds, you detect seeds sprouting all over. Here in northern lands, I, shivering with cold, wait for the arrival of Spring in the icy fields. Let us contemplate the same stars in the sky in our separate countries under silent night.