Dimcho Debelyanov

A BLACK CANTO

I die out and I bear into the shine:A many-faced, distorted spirit.

Daylight - building tireless beyond;Night darked - collapse no mercy.

If I call for calmed days in peace,Storms in rage overtakes the sea.

And if I dare for the hurricane,Quietly in wails sound stays shut.

I so much long for sunrise in flames,But cannot see it – makes me blind.Through spring I die out as autumn;Autumn time – flowering as spring.

Into the time’s deed unprejudicedFades away quietly life never born.And my tears for solace are crying,Through a desert shown, ain’t seen.

First published in Bulgaria: 1910

Translation: Lubo!”