The pangs of love
Take time to articulate
(Perhaps by now
They have spoken too late…)
Like a kite
I let you sail towards
An unknown destination;
A bottled message of love
Washed upon the shore
Of some foreign nation
But somehow
You found a way back
As if you knew
I was already here waiting
For the slow and steady tide
That abates with your sigh
Until you are ready to fly
Upon its wings of love again.
Dalla prima volta che ti ho guardato negli tuoi occhi
Ho sentito la tua presa intrecciata
Intorno al mio cuore
Come fiori
È stato in una notte sotto le stelle
che mi ha portato al tuo letto
“voglio fare l’amore”
sono state le parole che mi hai detto
E quando ti ho visto
nella luce, pura e chiara
Fra il nostro silenzio,
non c’era né dolore né paura
solo il movimento del respiro
che scivolava tra le labbra aperte
Sulla strada del destino
che sembrava senza fine
Ma ora, in questa città bellissima,
camminare mano nella mano
è impossibile sentire da sola
con tutto che abbiamo sognato
Quindi anche se la pioggia cade a terra
Non coprirà mai i nostri occhi di lacrime
Perché la vittoria sta nella nostra felicità
E vivrà per sempre!
INGLESE:
Love Is A Victory
From the first time that I looked into your eyes
I felt your grip woven
Around my heart
Like flowers
It was a night under the stars
Which led me to your bed
“I want to make love”
Were the words that you said
And when I saw you
In the light, pure and clear
Amongst our silence
There was neither pain nor fear
only the movement of breath
that glided between open lips
On the road of destiny
That seemed endless
But now, in this beautiful city
Walking hand in hand
It is impossible to feel alone
With all the things we have planned
So even if the rain falls to the earth
It will never cover our eyes with tears
Because the victory is in our happiness
And it will live forever!
Let us marry these thoughts to the dust
Allowing all that is impertinent
To turn to rust
Imparting our love in youthful hands
That shook,
We read each other’s minds
Like words from a book
Turning, ever turning
To catch the expression written on your face
Whilst your eyes burn in desire
And you lead me to that place where
Hope becomes the mirror
In which I gaze upon you my lover
And the world goes quiet
For we need only each other
Here was the tide
Chasing us to sleep
Underneath the moonlight
Where we shared
Each other’s dreams
Covered by a blanket of stars to keep us warm
Not forgetting the bottle of wine
To keep us from feeling forlorn
Whilst rolling in the sand
The grains collected in our hair and in our ears
As we shook off the tumultuous tremor
Caused by future fears
And lay in the carefree splendour
Of a slightly drunken haze
Deciding that this is the kind of life
In which we will spend
The rest of our days.
To hold still in that moment,
Completely calm and yet
Softly trembling with fear;
To listen to each other’s
Breathing while tightly
Drawing them near;
To hear each other’s
Quiet murmuring,
Whilst our bodies hug
Closer in our yearning;
This is how I know I am loved
And set free from all my hurting.
Words and their logic dissipate
Into meaninglessness when
Confronted with such intimacy
This is how I know to cherish
The love you give to me
How I long for her soft femininity,
feeling her arms wrapped tightly around me
and the warmth of her breasts pressed against my chest…
this is the feeling that I love best
And surely my touch is still imprinted upon them, not left
unscoured by the hands of men.
For how can such coarseness dare to embrace such a lady as she?
Never did I even hope, nor imagine in vain,
that her lover would be me.
Nothing as tender will surpass this gentle creature,
nor cliches overbear her fame;
this is the woman I have come to know and love
and the shape of my heart resembles her name.
And her name resides with mine and this is how
it will forever be; softly loving and passionate,
my dearest, affectionate she.
If you say I am losing my way,
Then why have I fallen
Into the arms of a nurturing lover
Begging me to stay?
She welcomed me
Unconditionally from the start;
Without realising it
She gave me the contents
Of her heart
But the path I have walked on
No longer understands me;
It does not recognise
The person I have become
And so I must move on,
Whilst I bleed for the things
They don’t understand
My very fibres groan
Of this speechless agony;
The cards have been dealt
And it’s time to play the hand
I will not part with sorrow,
Though this does not mean I am hollow,
Only that I’ve come to realise that
I no longer belong here.
My heart lies elsewhere,
With some glorious beauty
And her heavy stare,
Not in this place I have come to know.
For I am far from home
And no longer want to live
Like a foreigner;
It was once exciting, but now
I have lost all reason and understanding
And just wish to return to the land
I have come from.
The only logic that remains is not the
Coarse kind that lies in the brain,
But one that understands love alone.
That is where I wish to be.
This kind of love will set you free.
I can see blood spattered
From the lives that have shattered
Against the cold walls of this Earth
Where mankind lies waiting
For a new birth
In the midst of this darkness
A storm is brewing
Amongst the old feelings
Of my ruin
See there lays my broken spirit ready for renewing…!
As I gaze out at the world before me
I gather a sense of what it is to be free
Then casting my glance over
Beauty anchored
I try to decipher what she means
Not as cold as the rest of humanity below
She transcends my consciousness
And makes me glow
Like nothing I’ve ever known before,
Or anything I’ll see again
She drowned me in a whirlpool of love
With a truth on which I can depend.
How did this space become so neatly occupied?
I stretch out a hand to caress the sleeping beauty
That lies in a star-crossed lover’s embrace;
(She hides her confession in the mistakes
That she makes)
Whilst I lead her to a place on the far
Outskirts of the shore,
Where the waves of love start lapping
And she kisses me abundantly more
What did I do to feel the warmth and security
Of the one who has always loved me?
In believing it had been denied,
I only caused myself to hide
Away, away from the truth that longed
To be divulged at all costs,
And yet I cowered in my insecurity
Afraid that it would all come to a loss
Catherine Lucy Rowland 