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Of love please speak not
And forget all words on beauty
Because it still burns me a lot.
To heal sores is now my duty.

I have felt the pains of hell,
It has drained all my bliss.
Since long ago I could tell
That happiness is so amiss.

I am broken... I have no passion!
For no more tempests do I hanker,
And I consider in a listless fashion
Where to finally drop anchor.

 

 

Ivan Vazov, 1881
© Yavor Dimitrov, translation, 2000
© E-publishing LiterNet, 27. 12. 2000
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In : "Gusla", 1881