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I feel sorry

I feel sorry for the butterflies
When I turn off the light,
And for the bats
When I switch it on...
Can’t I take a single step
Without offending someone?


So many odd things happen
That I want to hold
My head in my hands,
But an anchor thrown from the sky
Pulls them down...


It’s not time yet
To tear up the sails.
Let things be.

Notes

Translated by Ioana Russell-Gebbett

“I feel sorry” from The Biggest Egg in the World by Marin Sorescu. Published by Bloodaxe Books in 1987.

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