VOULEZ-VOUS COUCHER AVEC MOI (CE SOIR)?

Painting by Natalia Vetrova

Open the door:

I came to stay.

Provide the right words

and all things that I fear

because I'm too busy defending myself

from me and you.

Do not forget the main details,

pepper and sweetness.

I'm so afraid

of taking off my clothes

and of the threatening shadows,

hidden in the beginning.

And if time allows

between days and nights,

keep holding my hand

and allow me to live for free

in your beautiful blue eyes

while you look at me seriously

and we learn how to date

like big people do.

Karla Bardanza

This poem was priginally written in Portuguese. Here it is. I never translate my poems but I couldn't resist this time.The tittle is in French even in Portuguese but there are some specific reasons for that. It is a simple poem but it is very special for me.

Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (ce soir)?

Abra a porta:

cheguei para ficar.

Providencie as palavras certas

e todas as coisas que tenho medo

porque estou ocupada em me defender

de mim e de você

Não se esqueça dos detalhes

principais, da pimenta

e da doçura.

Estou com tanto medo

de tirar a minha roupa,

das sombras ameaçadoras,

do início.

E se houver tempo

entre todas as noites

e os dias que ainda virão,

continue segurando a minha mão

e me permita morar de graça

nos teus belos olhos azuis

enquanto me olhas serio

e aprendemos a namorar

como gente grande.

Karla Bardanza

Copyright©Karla Bardanza 2011