英文
AUGUST 21.
In vain do I stretch out my arms toward her when I awaken in the morning from my weary slumbers. In vain do I seek for her at night in my bed, when some innocent dream has happily deceived me, and placed her near me in the fields, when I have seized her hand and covered it with countless kisses. And when I feel for her in the half confusion of sleep, with the happy sense that she is near, tears flow from my oppressed heart; and, bereft of all comfort, I weep over my future woes.
中文
八月二十一日
清晨，我从睡梦中醒来，伸出双臂去拥抱她，结果抱了一个空。夜里，我做了一场梦，梦见我与她肩靠肩坐在草地上，手握着手，千百次地亲吻；可这幸福而无邪的梦却欺骗了我，我在床上找她不着。唉，我在半醒半睡的迷糊状态中伸出手去四处摸索，摸着摸着终于完全清醒了，两股热泪就从紧迫的心中迸出，我面对着黑暗的未来，绝望地痛哭。
