Barefoot girl-child
weeping at her grandma's door,
her disquiet deep:
autumn's limping in. No beauty in a cold heart...
the cock won't crow again.
"Who are you sorry for, so?"
"Everyone," she says.


"Little Girl", translated by Thomas Moore (Dublin, Ireland).


Barefoot girl-child weeping at her grandma's door, her disquiet deep: autumn's limping in. No beauty in a cold heart... the cock won't crow again....

Barefoot girl-child weeping at her grandma's door, her disquiet deep: autumn's limping in. No beauty in a cold heart... the cock won't crow again....

Barefoot girl-child weeping at her grandma's door, her disquiet deep: autumn's limping in. No beauty in a cold heart... the cock won't crow again....

Barefoot girl-child weeping at her grandma's door, her disquiet deep: autumn's limping in. No beauty in a cold heart... the cock won't crow again....