Alec Ekmekji: Just like that

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DATE : Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:00:01 PDT
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Click here for the audio segment of Alec Ekmekji's Just Like That read by Lola Koundakjian.

Just like that
he found a girl,
he found a riverbank,
just like that
she lay her back
on the knowing grass,
just like that
he found her lips
he found her buttoned blouse,
just like that he married
he married someone else.
Now sometimes she sees him
at the riverbank,
looking for loose gold buttons
in the dew on the grass.




This poem has appread in BIRTHMARK, a bilingual anthology of Armenian-American poetry. Published by Open Letter, 1999.

Ճիշտ այդպէս
գտաւ աղջիկ մը,
գտաւ գետափ մը,
Ճիշտ այդպէս
աղջիկը պառկեցաւ
խոտին վրայ,
Ճիշտ այդպէս
գտաւ աղջկան շրթունքները,
գտաւ աղջկան կոճկուած շապիկը,
Ճիշտ այդպէս ամուսնացաւ,
ամուսնացաւ ուրիշի մը հետ։
Հիմա ան երբեմն կը տեսնէ զինք
գետափին,
ցրիւ ոսկէ կոճակներ փնտռելով
ցօղաթուրմ խոտին մէջ։

Translated by Vartan Matiossian

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