Marius Burokas

litovščina

Rimas Uzgiris

angleščina

[įsiskaičiau į tave]

įsiskaičiau į tave
per tiek metų

į plonytes raukšles
kapiliarus
atvertis

tamsoj
tampi švitrinė

tamsoj

pritampam
kaip vienas
mėnuo
prie kito

© Marius Burokas
Iz: švaraus buvimo
Vilnius: Lithuanian Writer's Union Publishers, 2018
ISBN: 9786094800115
Avdio produkcija: Lithuanian Culture Institute, recorded at dropaudio studio, 2019

[i have read you closely]

i have read you closely
over the years

your slim wrinkles
and capillaries
agape

in the darkness to me
like a malleable emery cloth

in the darkness

we, malleable, merge
as one month folds
into another

Translated from Lithuanian by Rimas Uzgiris