“a river of fire” by Ahmet Haşim

A river of fire
between your soul and mine
mine unburdened itself
of this love’s impossible wound

As this glitter reflected on her
I ran away from that look, that lip
I looked at her silently, from afar,
as this river reflected on her. . .

translated by Murat Nemet-Nejat

2 thoughts on ““a river of fire” by Ahmet Haşim

  1. Deeply touching, I find the opening lines to be so powerful that I do not even need to read forward (although I did and I don’t regret it!) to feel completely immersed and aching to ponder.

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