
ACCORDING TO THE RECIPES
OF ANCIENT GRECO—SYRIAN MAGICIANS
“What extract of natural herbs exists
to cast a spell”, asked an aesthete,
“what extract made according to the recipes
of ancient Greco—Syrian magicians
will bring back for one day
(if its potency can not last longer)
or even perhaps for just a few hours
my twenty third year; bring back
my friend of twenty two—
with his beauty, his love?
“What extract made according to the recipes
of the ancient Greco—Syrian magicians
exists that, along with this return from the past,
will bring back our small room?”