BECAUSE I AM A WOMAN TRANSLATED BY ANN WOOD

"BECAUSE I AM A WOMAN"
Maria Vergova
I am like this because I am a woman –
changeable, maddeningly different.
Sometimes I am angelically kind,
sometimes I resemble a demon.
Don't reproach me for repeating countless
love words,
and then, colder than ice,
with silence from the cold, burning you.
That today I may explode with anger
and a hundred volcanoes may erupt inside me,
and tomorrow - meek, kind and good -
and lie down next to your manly shoulder.
And for my sake your poor heart
may be broken without mercy and without pity,
and then, with the naivety of a child,
to cry for a sparrow with a wounded wing
You won't understand me, don't blame me!
And others before you have not succeeded.
Through the centuries, how many women
have infused your wild spirit into my blood!
And in the labyrinths of my soul,
when you are irretrievably lost,
don't, don't reproach me for it!
You yourself asked to fall in love with me!



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Written on 2025-03-24 at 21:02

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Ann Wood The PoetBay support member heart!
THANK YOU, SIR. SHE IS A YOUNG LADY AND THAT IS HER POINT OF VIEW.
2025-03-27


Griffonner The PoetBay support member heart!
@Ann Wood: I understood that. My critique was not aimed at you, it was a critique of the poem. Only my point of view. You should be congratulated for your linguistic skills. Blessings, Allen

PS: I looked at Mariq's work on Otkrovenia. she is a good writer IMHO. :o)
2025-03-27


Ann Wood The PoetBay support member heart!
IT SAY THAT IS TRANSLATION IT IS NOT MINE POEM
2025-03-27


Griffonner The PoetBay support member heart!
I found the poem to be 'enjoyable' to read, but whilst I understood (even as a man) what was being expressed so eloquently, I could not help feel that it was very gender specific. (As a man I would, wouldn't I!) Having said that, I also recognise that in general men have done nothing to give cause for nullification of many of the emotional responses described. Blessings, Allen
2025-03-26