I could not look after you,
Could not keep the promise, said.
The happiness turned into the past,
Lame, is weeping the heart.
Both the heart, and the mind,
Even for a moment,
Will forget you not…
This parting for me,
Is equal to remaining,
Face to face with God.
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Otar Chiladze (1933 – 2009) was a Georgian writer who played a prominent role in the resurrection of Georgian prose in the post-Stalin era. His novels fuse Sumerian and Hellenic mythology with the predicaments of a modern Georgian intellectual. [Source: Wikipedia]
Poem by Otar Chiladze translated by Ketevan Tukhareli
