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Nikola Vaptsarov: The Wife’s Song

Nikola Vaptsarov

(1909-1942)

 

The Wife’s Song

Now the quiet full of fear
flowers in our little shack.
Over is the fight, my dear,
but you don’t come back.

And I wept, and did implore;
why would you not hear?
So you went. Within our door
close it grew and drear.

All I heard was the alarm
of my heart that beat in pain,
and softly I put out my arm
hoping to find you there again.

I am jealous, Fernandez,
there’s a word I hate –
“freedom”, – for it did obsess
all your thoughts of late.

Maybe you are right, who knows?
Maybe you are right, my dear,
but the pain still tears and gnaws
and I fear, I fear

that dreadful emptiness that hangs
in our room and seems to grow.
There, I hear, the front-gate bangs. –
But you won’t come back, I know.

 

ПЕСЕН НА ЖЕНАТА

Днес тревожния покой
дебне в малката ни къща.
Стихна боя, мили мой,
ала ти се не завръщаш.

А те молих, плаках аз,
ти защо не ме послуша?
Тръгна. В стаята тогаз
стана тихо и задушно.

Само моето сърце
чувах как тревожно бие
и протегнала ръце,
исках пак да те открия…

Аз ревнувам, Фернандес,
мразя даже тази дума
“свобода”, която днес
те увлече тъй безумно.

Може би си прав, нали?
Може би си прав, любими,
ала мене ме боли
и тежи ми, и тежи ми

тая страшна пустота,
легнала във нашта стая.
Хлопна пътната врата. –
Няма да се върнеш. Зная.

 

Nikola Vaptsarov poetry

source: http://www.slovo.bg/old/f/en/vaptsarov/

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