Beyond the forest and the fields,
past the blue seas and their white foam,
a step-mother drove a princess out,
drove her away from home.
Autumn. And rain. A dog howled there,
his cries muffled and few.
And the princess’ locks were fair
and her eyes, flax-flower blue.
And there was no one, none to care
about the hound of the princess.
Only a birch in the blown rain
uttered a world’s distress:
Beyond the forest and the fields,
past the blue seas and their white foam,
a step-mother drove a princess out,
drove her away from home.
(Jonas Aistis)
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