Oh you’re so beautiful

God Almighty

You’re so beautiful

 

How beautiful are your hands.

And your legs are so beautiful

And your eyes are so beautiful

And your hair is so beautiful.

 

Don’t torture yourself – love me!

Don’t hold back – love me!

Love me!

with the real power of your hands

your legs, your eyes – with the total

elegance of their every movement.

Believe in me forever – and never

will you be stupid – love me!

And if you’re wicked – love me!

Love me!

 

On the streets, then on the stairs

Especially on the stairs you’re beautiful.

With clothes on or clothes off, uninterruptedly

You’re beautiful…Most beautiful in the room

In the dark, armed with the comb.

And the comb drowns in your hair.

Your hair is full of electricity –

Touch it and I’ll light up in the dark.

You’re really beautiful – believe me.

And try to be beautiful to the end.

Not so much for me as for yourself,

the trees, the windows and people.

Don’t quickly spoil your beauty

With jealous suspicion – forgive my

Sudden lapses on the way –

Please don’t overdo the cigarettes.

Don’t lose me ever – discover me,

Fill me with childish wonder.

Once more I trust myself to your hands,

To your legs, to your eyes…Love me.

How I want to hold you for ever

To love you forever…

Forever.

And how impossible it is for me…You’re so

Like grains of sand…And I beg you, don’t tell me,

That you want to hold on to me forever,

To love me forever, forever.

 

Oh you’re so beautiful

God Almighty

You’re so beautiful

 

Christo Fotev

translation by Christopher Buxton

https://www.christopherbuxton.com/writing/translations/hristo-fotev/