Wish
Just your hot heart, nothing more. My Paradise, a field, no nightingales, no strings, a river, discrete, and a little fountain. Without the spurs, of the wind, in the branches, without the star, that wants to be a leaf. An enormous light that will be the flow of the Other, in a field of broken gazes. A still calm where our kisses, sonorous circles of echoes, will open, far-off. And your hot heart, nothing more.
Wish - meaning Summary
Desire Reduced to Essence
The poem expresses a pared-down longing for intimate union: the speaker wants only the beloved’s "hot heart," stripped of artifice and distraction. Pastoral images—fields, a discreet river, a small fountain—suggest calm, private space. Ornament and noise are rejected: no nightingales, no strings, no guiding star. Light and echoed kisses imply a transcendent reciprocity between lovers. The closing line returns to the simple, single desire that frames the poem.
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