| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Rigi | | By Eunice Tietjens, trans. |
| | From “Modern Greek Popular Songs”
From Antonin Proust’s French version
RIGI weeps—Rigi weeps like the dove; | |
| Rigi laments like the partridge. | |
| Yachos says, “Girl white as snow, | |
| Girl sweet as melons, tell me your sorrow.” | |
| “I search, Yachos, though I find it not, | 5 |
| I search for the plant which gives immortality.” | |
| Yachos goes to the mountain and he comes again. | |
| “Rigi, I kiss your eyes—here is the plant.” | |
| Rigi carries the plant to her lips, | |
| But Rigi weeps like the dove, | 10 |
| Rigi laments like the partridge. | |
| “This is not the plant which gives immortality, | |
| Yachos! This is the plant of love you have given me.” | |
| “Why should you weep, Rigi? | |
| Is it not love which gives immortality?” | 15 |
| And Rigi’s tears are dried. | | | | |
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