SARO GUMRETSI'S POETRY

NO ONE ELSE

By Saro Gumretsi
Translated from Armenian by daniel janoyan
Glendale, December 30, 1999

No one else, no one else will ever understand
The fiery language of my longings within this land.
My heart will always remain foreign, strange and alien
As one crazy regret of sinful acts.

 
And who will ever provide me with a deep sleep?
Whose longings will overcome my very longings?
Who will be dreaming during dark nights without any sleep
Keeping my snow-white pure love within the heart?

 
You are with me in everything and everywhere.
No one else, no one else will ever cure me
How did you ever manage to remain so holy and so clean
When within my pain even the lord has his own sins?

 
At a time when people betray themselves
When crucified Christ is even crucified
Pardon me, O Lord, pardon me, O Love, this very moment
Somewhere along the line someone is getting me a cross to be crucified!

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