12 January 2016

PAIN IS FULL OF LIFE

PAIN IS FULL OF LIFE
© Farouk Asvat

     Pain is full of life.

Because memories last longer than dreams.

I did not expect
You to wait
For my dead body
To come to you:

Because pain is the colour of love

And death is transparent
If you know
The colour of hunger


© farouk asvat

composed: 22.12.1990 [ johannesburg, south africa under apartheid].

[] Acknowledgements:
Pain Is Full Of Life was previously published in:
     requiem magazine (usa, April 2012);
     Acı Hayatla Doludur: Turkish translation by İlyas Tunç (2012);
     I Dream In Long Sentences (kindle, 2015);
     I Dream In Long Sentences (amazon paperback, p54, 2015).
[§] Books by Farouk Asvat:

Sadness In The House Of Love (novel)
The Gathering Of The Storm (novel)
I Dream In Long Sentences (poetry)
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (poetry)
A Celebration Of Flames (poetry)
The Time Of Our Lives (poetry)
This Masquerade (short stories)
Bra Frooks … (poetry)*
The Paanies Are Coming (short stories)*
In The House Of Love (novel)*
Weapons Of Words (comparative literature & literary criticism)

¨ all my books are now available on amazon: in paperback & kindle
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Acı Hayatla Doludur  

     Turkish translation by © İlyas Tunç

Acı hayatla doludur
Çünkü daha uzun sürer hatıralar düşlerden.

Ummuyordum
Bekleyeceğini
Benim ölü bedenimin
Sana döneceğini:

Çünkü aşkın rengindedir acı
Ve saydamdır ölüm
Biliyorsanız
Açlığın rengini.

     Turkish translation by kind permission of © İlyas Tunç
     Çeviren: © İlyas Tunç

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