Romantic Poems

Nothing is tougher
than the raining of June.
It keeps its own little miss
to that flowered tree.

Nothing is wiser
than the raining of June.
It vanishes its own foot traces
which was doubtful along the way.

Nothing is more kind
than the raining of June.
It lets what was untold
absorbed by that flowered tree.

(Free translation of Sapardi Djoko Damono poem titled 'Hujan Bulan Juni')