"I'll bring a shed tear from the future, I'll put it in a ring. When you're out alone, wear it on your ring finger, of course."
"Ah, other husbands have rings of red, earrings of mother-of-pearl. But mine is a tear, liquid turquoise, dries by morning."
"Wear the ring while it's visible from afar; then another will come along. And when you tire of keeping it, you'll have something to drop at the bottom of the well at night."
from the future,
I'll put it in a ring.
When you're out alone,
wear it on your ring finger, of course."
"Ah, other husbands
have rings of red,
earrings of mother-of-pearl.
But mine is a tear,
liquid turquoise,
dries by morning."
"Wear the ring while
it's visible from afar;
then another will come along.
And when you tire of keeping it, you'll have something to drop
at the bottom of the well at night."
(c) Joseph Brodsky