Poetic-Verses from ATHANASE
Why I Need Wisterias (English)
Why I Need Wisterias
for Orlando
I know,
your love is so modest and restrained
it must be written in invisible ink
in the silent pages
of your letter!
To find any tender words
I'll have to risk a fire
by bringing my heart
closer to the page.
I have to find ways, despite the paper's
creased look, its confusion and anxiety,
to make it spill out the precious shining
confession of your love!
I have to be like the gentle wind of night
which brings the gift of its unease
to the small flickering lamps
of the fireflies.
I have to weigh as little
as eternity
when it dictates its poem
to the morning.
My friend,
To read your words
I need roses
in whose fragrance float
the houses of this city!
I need wisterias
to keep hold of your life
in my hand!
translated from the French of Athanase Vantchev de Thracy by Norton Hodges
11.07.08.
for Orlando
I know,
your love is so modest and restrained
it must be written in invisible ink
in the silent pages
of your letter!
To find any tender words
I'll have to risk a fire
by bringing my heart
closer to the page.
I have to find ways, despite the paper's
creased look, its confusion and anxiety,
to make it spill out the precious shining
confession of your love!
I have to be like the gentle wind of night
which brings the gift of its unease
to the small flickering lamps
of the fireflies.
I have to weigh as little
as eternity
when it dictates its poem
to the morning.
My friend,
To read your words
I need roses
in whose fragrance float
the houses of this city!
I need wisterias
to keep hold of your life
in my hand!
translated from the French of Athanase Vantchev de Thracy by Norton Hodges
11.07.08.
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Why I Need Wisterias (English)
Why I Need Wisterias (English)
