FROM DAY ONE

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And from day one love was deceitful,
And from day one love was deceitful,

…The boy loved the girl to excess
Always saying “you are my heart”,
And when the girl
Turned real cheap
And favored another man --
To kill her first, the boy
Pointed a gun at his own heart…

But from day one love was eternal,
But from day one love was eternal.

* * *

A blush of autumn gleams
In the almond of your sweet gaze
Stirring daydreams
in this nightmare.
In hasty response,
I am lost in the misty maze of your eyes,
Lost like an orphan
I remind myself
Of the golden castle
At the end of this road.

A blush of autumn gleams
In the almond of your sweet gaze…


VARAND
Translated By: Tatul Sonentz