Xuân Diệu | A cup of water (2)
An amazing poem shared.
By Xuân Diệu, translation by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
A cup of water
You gave me a cup of water
I’ve turned it into wine
A wine of boundless desire
A wine warm fragrant divine.
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The brewing hunger in your eyes
In the water I will hide
The scent of our breath, our sighs
A wine that must be consumed.
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In the water I will add by far
The wine of a spirit that is “I”
Wine of laughter shimmering stars
The blue stare of the sky.
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O! The cup of passion
From the dawn of life
Infinitely pouring
From this splendid life.
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Again I will raise my cup of water
Invite you for a sip
But darling, don’t drink it all
Or you’ll be drunk before you know
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JANUARY 2022
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