Belated love [Dragoste târzie]
Whether I loved you as you love, I think
My heart would whisper yes, my mind would shrink.
You thought the flood would take away my ark
And I'd be set on fire by your spark.
Where did you come from with that pretty face,
To bring me stars and thrills with your embrace?
You didn't realize you were beguiled,
I barely thought you could have been my child.
The crazy love, with its ironic smile
Two strangers brings together for a while,
And makes their age seem equal on the spot
O, slender woman, passionate and hot.
You're young, and haughty, and extremely fair,
You want me badly and you do not care
That both your folks and mine will lose their peace
And sacrifice them all to your caprice.
You wanted to get out of your white lace
And in my heart my verses to replace.
Intoxicated by the love's sweet charms
You wanted to stay always in my arms,
Forgetting the old custom just and true,
Because you craved a thing which was taboo.
I made you suffer, yes, I am aware,
Despising your affection and your care,
I always feigned I didn't get it right
To save your soul, and to remain upright,
And I offended you, please don't be mad,
But you may curse me if I made you sad,
From far away, where you conceal your eyes
With tears in them, and your good-looking thighs.
poem by Tudor Arghezi, translated by Octavian Cocoş
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