Ilya Kaminsky
Elegy
Language: english
Translations:
latvian (Elēģija), russian (Элегия), turkish (Ağıt)
Elegy
Yet I am. I exists. I has
a body,
When I see
my wife’s slender boyish legs
the roof
of my mouth goes dry.
She takes my toe
in her mouth.
Bites lightly.
How do we live on earth, Sonya?
If I could hear
you what would you say?
Your answer, Sonya!
Above all, beware
of sadness
On earth we can do
--can’t we?--
what we want.