I DREAM IN LONG SENTENCES

I DREAM IN LONG SENTENCES 

© Farouk Asvat  

I am a little sad

(As I always am):

I gave my love away

In the misdemeanors of youth,

I gave my life away.

In the clear light of night

The pain of life

Is worse than death,

Than torture even,

Sometimes.

Breaking stones together

In a foreign land

There is no desire

For possession

Only the need for affection

But serene or severe

The scene is set:

Fate has more to say about our lives

Than oppression.

And there is nothing that the stars

Or ideology

Can do to save us.

There is nowhere to go from here

But crawl into the silent pain of desires

Into the sad dance with words

Frolicking on my tongue

Tangoing in my skull

So I dream in long sentences

In short stories that unwind

In lines that weave around me

In oldfashioned cinematographic reels

In poems that descend from heaven

Or spiral up from the garbage

In sheets that wrap around you

And wild scenes I vaguely remember in the morning

In science fiction

And fabulous fables

In dubious love stories

And tedious epics

In unwritten sequences

And silent musicals

In charcoal sketches

That fill up

With watercolours

I dream about you 

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[] acknowledgements:

I Dream In Long Sentences was previously published in:

Goodreads (usa, 11.11.2011, december 2011);

https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/05/i-dream-in-long-sentences.html (03.05.2016);

I Dream In Long Sentences (kindle, 2015);

I Dream In Long Sentences (amazon paperback, p77, 2015).

composed: 10.11.1990: 

I Dream In Long Sentences: [cape town, south africa under apartheid]:

     24.07.1992 (24h00): Breaking Stones Together,

     19.02.1995: I Gave My Love Away

     31.12.1996: final: (johannesburg, south africa under new apartheid).

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[§] 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

@ https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat

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난 긴 문장으로 꿈꿔  

© 파룩 아스밧  

Korean translation by © JI YOUNG LEE 이지영  

나 조금 슬퍼

(늘 그렇듯이):

내 사랑을 줘버렸어

어린 날 못된짓으로써

내 인생을 날려버렸어

밤의 깨끗한 공기

속 삶의 아픔은

죽음보다 나아,

무려 고문보다,

때때로.

함께 돌을 부닥치기

이국 땅에서

소유하고자하는

그런 욕망은 없어

단 애정을 원할 뿐

하지만 고요하거나 너무한

장면이 갖추어진다:

운명은 우리 삶에 요할 것이

억압보다 많다.

그리고 아무것도 저곳의 별이나

혹은 이데올로기

아무것도 우리를 구하지 못한다.

여기서 어디로 갈 곳 없으니

욕망의 말 없는 아픔으로 기어들어갈수밖에

단어와의 슬픈 춤 속으로

내 혀에서 기쁘게 놀아나는

두개골에서 탱고 추는 단어와

그래서 난 긴 문장으로 꿈꿔

풀리지 않는 짧은 이야기로

나를 둘러싸며 얽히는 문장들로

구식 영사기의 릴들로

하늘에서 내려온 시로

혹은 쓰레기로부터 나선으로 올라가는

너를 애워싸는 시트들로

그리고 아침에 내가 멍하니 기억하는 야생 장면으로

에스에프 소설로

꾸며낸 우화로

수상쩍은 로맨스로

사소한 서사시로

안 쓴 시퀀스로

말 없는 뮤지컬로

목탄 스케치로

채워가며

수채화로

널 꿈꿔

Korean translation kind courtesy © JI YOUNG LEE 이지영  

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나는 긴 문장으로 꿈을 꾸지!  

© 파루크 아스바트  

     Korean Translation by © Byeong Cheol Kang

나는 조금 슬퍼

(항상 그렇듯이):

젊은 시절 비행으로 

내 사랑을 버렸어,

내 삶을 버렸지.

밤의 맑은 빛 속에서

인생의 고통은

죽음보다 더 나쁘지,

심지어 고문보다도,

가끔은.

외국 땅에서 함께 돌을 부수며

소유욕은 없어,

단지 애정만이 필요할 뿐이야.

하지만 차분하거나 엄한 풍경이든

상황은 이미 정해져 있어:

운명이 우리의 삶에 대해 더 말할 거야

억압보다도.

그리고 별들이나 이념이

우리를 구할 방법은 없어

여기서 갈 곳은 없어

그저 침묵하는 욕망의 고통 속으로 기어들어 가야 해

슬픈 단어들과 함께 추는 슬픈 춤 속으로

내 혀 위에서 노는 말들과 함께 탱고를 춰

그래서 긴 문장들로 꿈을 꾸지

해제되어 풀어지는 단편 이야기로

나를 둘러싸는 줄들로

옛날식 시네마 릴로

하늘에서 내려오는 시로

혹은 쓰레기 속에서 솟아오른 시로

너를 감싸는 시트로

그리고 아침에 희미하게 기억나는 화려한 장면들로

과학 소설 속에서

환상적인 이야기들로

의심스러운 사랑 이야기로

지루한 서사시로

쓰지 않은 연속물로

침묵하는 뮤지컬로

목탄 스케치로

그것들은 수채화로 

채워지지

     Korean Translation by kind permission of © Byeong Cheol Kang

part of Kang Byeong-Cheol's 'World View' #12

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