To Forget
To forget to forget everything, To forget everyone, Not to love, not to think, no regrets get away... This tormenting, oppressive pain In such unlit night Is there a dusk of oblivion? A golden ray of light? Leave everyone one moment, And forget all of them In darkness, in pain, paralyzed All alone... To forget to forget everything And forget everyone Not to love, to hunger, nor to dream And just leave... Poem by Vahan Derian 1908 Translated from Armenian by Armine Amirian Zohrabian January 27, 2013