Starburst

Blackbird

the sun and the night

live far away from each other.

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in blue forests, when evening falls,

the thick shadows replace the light

and let the night in -

the night who’s never seen her lover.

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but longing

doesn’t bring them any closer.

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a lasting song

calls the night for the tryst.

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and the night sits

at the top of her dark tree

singing through the yellow beak

of pure gold from the sun.

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tove ditlevsen, translated by me

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aveam totul.. aveam iubire adevarata, aveam poezie, aveam zambete, aveam intelegere, aveam visuri, aveam adevar, aveam inimile pline, aveam o lume buna.

~ de Diana pe ianuarie 23, 2008.