A consummate poet, and a valiant activist

A short while ago I came across Edmond Azatian article about the all-Armenian poetess Silva Gaboudigian. The title of his article he posted in “The Armenian Mirror-Spectator” is “Remembering Silva Kaputikyan: A consummate Poet, a Valiant Activist” - see the link below. I was reminded of my translation of one of her poems.  Vahe H Apelian

 

Loving you, you another

 

We wander in the streets

I loving you, you another.

Tormented are our hearts

Mine with yours, you with another’s

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We long, we laugh, we grieve

I for your words, you another’s

We immerse in our sweet dreams

I by your sight; you another’s

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Damned be this luck,

In this world, let us not be acknowledged,

But Let us live loving,

Even I loving you, you another

 

Silva Gaboudigian (translated by Vahe H. Apelian)

"“Remembering Silva Kaputikyan: A consummate Poet, a Valiant Activist” By Edmond Azatian.

https://mirrorspectator.com/2020/01/30/remembering-silva-kaputikyan-a-consummate-poet-a-valiant-activist/