Poems from Gëzim Basha USA... translate by Marjeta Rrapaj

 

Poetries from Gëzim Basha USA


LOVE SONG IN SPRING

Sun in the morning, rain in the afternoon
This is how you are to me this day
Here you play, there you frown,
What will you do to me, every time I do to you?!
Silent with words, speaks with looks
You become shy because of my shyness!
I feel your breath, where are you, why
I will abandon myself to come there
A white flame leads us on the path
We come…it leaves…We go…it burns us
Something of me burned to ashes
Coal to write what we haven't said
I descend from the depths, you descend from the trees
Shake on the edge of the abyss, you will scare me
We stand in silence and cry without tears
I can't stay with you, I can't do without you
The flame of lightning ignites in the rain
And the embers of longing bring tears to my eyes
Sun in the morning
Rain in the afternoon…


Poetry from Gëzim Basha
USA
TIME OF DECAY

You tell me: The world went to hell
When the wolf under the lamb's skin started laughing
And the rabbit hid in a turtle shell…
Since the hawk became a dove
And the snake learned to make eel-like coquetry
Since then…(always according to you)
The devil took man for granted!
It's not true…
Deterioration began in that world when people
Learned to change their skin every day
Animals imitated them as always.

Translator

Marjeta Shatro Rrapaj