I deposited my life at a bank
as a deposit
for you to take it
when you get into trouble.
Galib Shefahet is a poet from Azerbaijan
Galib Shefahet is a doctor and poet. He has published 3 poetry books in Azerbaijan. His poems have been translated into Russian, Uzbek, Persian, English, Turkish and other languages.
You will remember me
You will remember me I deposited my life at a bank
as a deposit
for you to take it
when you get into trouble.
Then you will remember me bitterly
Me
And
You will mutter to yourself something…
for yourself…
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Are your hands empty?
give me your hands
I want to enter your palm
and rest there for a while.
Open your eyes
Open your eyes and let me look,
Let me see myself once more.
Your looks are slumbering-
Let me take pages of my eyes.
Open your eyes, don’t close,
Let me see where my place is.
My heart has been captivated-
Let me pass away to escape it.
Open your eyes and look at,
See how your eyes are?
Longing has already reached-
Joining is still on its way.
Did your tears become dry?
There isn’t enough air, I am choking.
I shall die in your heart-
I was born in your eyes.
A dog barks in my dream
A dog barks in my dream-
It is snowstorm outside.
A dog barks in my dream-
A groan of a girl
Is settling in my heart.
A dog barks in my dream-
I feel myself lonely as a wolf-
In a corner of a world.
A dog barks in my dream-
I feel myself lonely again.
A dog barks in my dream-
again my heart is like a strange country.
A dog barks in my heart.
Eh
Hey, man, misleading a dog to my dream
What can I tell you?
It is easy to hurt you
It is rather difficult
To make you happy
If I return home late
On a holiday day
Not having a bunch of flowers
in my hand.
If I pass quietly into my room
lie on my bed silently
and stare my eyes at the ceiling
Deep silence in the room
and suddenly breaking the silence
to laugh heartily…
It is easy to hurt you…
(Translator Sevil Gulten)
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Read: How you lived – Poetry from Azerbaijan
