Now

 Iskra Hristova

                           the original text: Сега

...

is my turn

to behave

sweetly-condescendingly, my darling

told me

while stirring up the pancake batter

and I was licking the honey off the spoon

and you smiled

you started humming some Irish tune

and I was mopping up over-boiled coffee

and the neighbor started knocking again

on the central heating pipes

in the rhythm of Bossa Nova

and I am collecting the laundry

and I bite my nails in front of the TV set

'cause I was always forget to close my eyes at the scary scenes

and you appeared so very lonely under that lamp

and my hands were waving, waving

and I cried so much

and I was so pitiful

that it

is

just inevitably

your turn

to behave

sweetly-condescendingly, my darling

translator: Apostol Dimitrov