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BLACK MULBERRY

 

Translated by Murat Nemet-Nejat

 

 

My black mulberry, my forked darky, my gypsy,

my grain of pomagranate, my grain of light, my only one;

I am a tree, my limbs, a porch hanging with grapes,

I am a hive, you are my honey, my bitter honey,

my sin, my ague.

 

Tongue of coral, teeth of coral, thighs of oyster,

I gave you a life, my wife,

my black mulberry, my forked darky, my gypsy,

what more will you be to me, my odd one, queer one,

my smiling quince, my weeping pomegranate grains,

my baby, my stallion, my wife.

 

 

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