Jaun Elia translations

I am strange -- so strange

that I self-destructed and don't regret it.

�Jaun Elia, translation by Michael R. Burch

 

The wound is deep -- companions, friends -- embrace me!

What, did you not even bother to stay?

�Jaun Elia, translation by Michael R. Burch

 

My nature is so strange

that today I felt relieved when you didn't arrive.

�Jaun Elia, translation by Michael R. Burch

 

Night and day I awaited myself;

now you return me to myself.

�Jaun Elia, translation by Michael R. Burch

 

Greeting me this cordially,

have you so easily

erased my memory?

�Jaun Elia, translation by Michael R. Burch

 

Your lips have provided thousands of answers;

so what is the point of complaining now?

�Jaun Elia, translation by Michael R. Burch

 

Perhaps I haven't fallen in love with anyone, 

but at least I convinced them!

�Jaun Elia, translation by Michael R. Burch

 

The city of mystics has become bizarre:

everyone is wary of majesty, have you heard? 

�Jaun Elia, translation by Michael R. Burch