թերթեցի ծովերն ու քամիները
քեզ գտնելու համար:
Հիմա, այստեղ՝
Երկաթի ու քարերի քաղաքում
կանգնած եմ քո կողքին
անհայտ ու տեղահանված
Բայց
I.
II.
Standing
before a broken window,
the little
boy who was no longer a little boy
would spit
on the street
where he had
hidden his childhood
but he
wouldn’t run and hide anymore.
He who was
no longer a little boy
would repair
the window
that the
neighbor’s little boy had broken.
January 2009
Los Angeles
Translated
by Samvel Mkrtchyan
Like this tarnished sky
this frantic air
and your furiously
homonymic fervor
I’ve become accustomed
to the wild intrusion
of chromosomes
amalgamating me.
With self-centered
satisfaction, my tightened thighs
reject the patterns of
self-renunciation
between the palms of
your hands.
All I need is your
breath
to burst through
this autocratic
nonentity.
All I need is your
monosyllabic name
to tell black voices
from white ones.
I do need your
disrobing hands
to accommodate a
thousand years
in a single night.
February 6, 2009
Los Angeles
Translated by Samvel Mkrtchyan