He does not want human lips piously kissing Hair Scented by the mountain breeze Nor his brow, aglow now like the stars of the firmament But it is better to believe that while traversing Space A star itself has descended out of orbit on this majestic brow And encircles it with a diamond's brilliance as a Halo Night, waving sadness aside, adorns...Learn More

Through the branches of the trees the awakened birds gaze rapturously on his melancholy visage The nightingale is unwilling to utter its cavatinas of crystal The wood has become as August as a grave because of his nocturnal presence Stands several paces back, and thus you will do well These Tresses Are Sacred: The Hermaphrodite himself wished it...Learn More

One day four masked men, upon orders received Threw themselves upon him and bound him hand and foot So that he could only move his legs The Whip's harsh lash slashed at his back And they told him to be on his way without delay - along the road that leads to Bedlam He began to smile while scourged and spoke to them with such feelings Such...Learn More

Awaken not, Hermaphrodite Do not wake yet, I beg you Why will you not believe me? Sleep... Sleep forever. Sleep forever May your breast heave while pursuing the chimerical hope of happiness - That I allow you; But do not open your eyes. Do not open your eyes! I want to leave you thus, not to witness your awakening Perhaps one day, with the aid...Learn More

Over there in a grove surrounded by flowers slumbers the Hermaphrodite, sound asleep upon sward, drenched with his tears The moon's disc is clear of the cloud mass and with pale beams she caresses this smooth youthful form His features manifest the most manly vigour coeval with a heavenly virgin's grace Nothing in him appears natural, not even...Learn More