Words

As many

before me,

I wrote I love you
in the wet sand

and also drew there

a heart.

As many

before me,

I saw how the waves

washed away the words

and bit-by-bit

the heart.

 

The words were mine,

but whose was

the heart?

 

Petar Tchouhov, Bulgaria 1961-

English translation by the author & Stanley Barkan

 

 

                                                          ΛΕΞΕΙΣ

                                             Τόσες λέξεις στο νου μου

                                              Έγραψα στη νωπή άμμο

                                                        σ’ αγαπώ

                                                     εκεί σχεδίασα

                                                     και μια καρδιά

                                                        Τόσες λέξεις

                                                    κι είδα τα κύματα

                                                  να σβύνουν τις λέξεις

                                                       κι αργά αργά

                                                      και την καρδιά

                                                    οι λέξεις δικές μου

                                                μα τίνος ήταν η καρδιά;

                     Μετάφραση Μανώλη Αλυγιζάκη/translated by Manolis Aligizakis