Volkano's poetry in English
Chilhood
The cherry-trees bleed in sight.
Far away the whirls swirl
around,
The cuckoo by the river
side
Is lazy, not willing to
count.
The sky is a pan and the
sun
Is an egg to be fried in
the heat.
To poplars and streams
everyone
Is willing now to
retreat.
Mirages roam on the
lawns,
The tractors drop anchors
on grounds.
Gurrak now droningly
moans
Silence is longing for
sounds.
A motor-bike, raising
dust,
Comes rattling along up
there.
The cook calls all to
repast
Beating the plate of
plowshare.
Clank! Clank! Clank!
Clank!
Memory
I’ll never
forget
The mournful break of the
day!
The white
Striped sky and
expanse.
Your hands
And your body,
Ivory-white.
I’ll never
forget
The bank of the
river
Where we parted.
I’ll never
forget
The sorrow
That drowned
I n the depth of my
eyes.
I’ll never go
there.
If I do,
The winds will be
wailing
In the language of
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That grew
Far away over
ravines.
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