Bound for your distant home" Bound for your distant home…
““Bound for your distant home" Bound for your distant home you were leaving alien lands. In an hour as sad as I’ve known I wept over your hands. My hands were numb and cold, still trying to restrain you, whom my hurt told never to end this pain. But you snatched your lips away from our bitterest kiss. You invoked another place than the dismal exile of this. You said, ‘When we meet again, in the shadow of olive-trees, we shall kiss, in a love without pain, under cloudless infinities.’ But there, alas, where the sky shines with blue radiance, where olive-tree shadows lie on the waters glittering dance, your beauty, your suffering, are lost in eternity. But the sweet kiss of our meeting … I wait for it: you owe it me …””
About This Quote
This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.
A lover longs for reunion beyond pain, imagining an ideal meeting in timeless, serene nature.
In simple terms: A yearning for love beyond suffering.
Key Takeaway
Cultivate hope while acknowledging present pain.
Themes
love
longing
hope
pain
essence
Mood
melancholic
hopeful
Type
poetic
romantic
When to use this quote
- personal loss
- separation
- reunion
- spiritual practice
Key Concepts
transcendence
romantic idealism
spiritual yearning
Questions to Reflect On
- What does the olive‑tree symbolize?
- How can hope coexist with grief?
A Different Perspective
Idealized visions may ignore practical realities of grief.