Bonsai of Thoughts (Translated)

Thoughts in Miniature: Thirty-One

1. Distance grew,
and with it grew misunderstanding.
From then on
we both began
hurling accusations at each other
for things
that never even happened!

2. His eyes clearly declared
he was dying of hunger!
And there you were, whispering wisdom in his ear...
that people die from overeating!

Has your shame itself fled in shame!

3. People die precisely because they live!
Death is merely the ledger of one's days!

4. I thought that by writing poetry
I'd make all the beautiful women of the world fall in love!
Today I see that in writing poetry
I myself have fallen in love with all the beautiful women of the world!

5. Sometimes when I look at myself I'm amazed!
I never had the right to have this much fun!

6. Say to the person in front of you
what will make them happy to hear!
Say to the person behind you
what will make the person in front
embrace you with joy!

7. I wait,
hoping one day to meet someone
whose unspoken words
my heart will want to understand.

8. You think
I never even tried!
I know
I tried,
at a price none of you ever paid!

9. It's easier to bare yourself
before a complete stranger.
People you know only know how to give pain!

10. Inside me
lies the skeleton of a person far better than I am.

11. One day
my brain called to my heart and said,
Will you never grow up!

12. Even looking at my poetry you say
you don't love me!
What other lover is writing such poetry thinking of you!?

13. By my poetry's oath,
don't provoke me!
You know very well
that even without the poet's knowledge
poetry takes its revenge!

14. What have you done!
You set fire to my house
and the whole world caught flame!
Why are you burning the rest of them too?
Do they also love you!?

15. You fell in love seeing my poetry!
And now you can't stand the poet!?

16. I touched poetry,
the poet seemed to come alive!
I touched the poet,
instantly poetry died!

17. Those who please me,
I don't want to keep.
Those who don't please me,
they're the ones who want to keep me!

18. You're going to die anyway,
now live a little!
You're growing old regardless,
now grow a little!

19. With tear-filled eyes she often looks this way.
I understand, she came only to make me weep!

20. O Life,
don't treat your guests so harshly!
They come to your house only once!
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