La Mort Est Plus Petite Que Je Ne Pensais. (Translation) . Poem by Michael Walker
La Mort Est Plus Petite Que Je Ne Pensais. (Translation) .
Ma mere et mon pere sont morts il y a quelques ans
Je les aimais beaucoup.
Quand ils sont morts mon amour pour eux
N'a nidisparu ni evanoui.
Il est reste approximativement le meme,
Seulement d'un couleur plus triste.
Et je peux me sentir leur amour pour moi,
Le meme que toujours.
Actuellement, aux bons temps ou mauvais,
Je demande quelquefois a Ma mere et Mon pere
De marcher a cote de moi ou de s'asseoir avec moi
De sorte que nous puissions parler ensemble
Ou etre silencieux.
Ils viennent toujours a moi.
Je leur parle et je les ecoute
Et je crois qu'ils me parlent.C'est tres simple-
Rien a faire avec le spiritualisme
Ni la religion ni le baragouin.
Il est imaginaire.
Il est reel.
C'est l'amour.
- 'Death Is Smaller Than I Thought'. Adrian Mitchell
(1932-2008) .
This a sincere, touching poem about love of a son for his parents who have passed away.his parents died some years ago. His love for them did not fade away, it just became 'a sadder colour'. In turn, his parents still love him the same.
Sometimes he asks his father and mother to walk beside him or sit down together and talk. They always do.
They talk like old times and he concludes that their post-death association is nothing to do with religion, spiritualism, or any mumbo jumbo. It is imaginary yet real and 'It is love'.
It is a refreshing change to read about a different kind of love-for your parents. I felt grief when my parents died many years ago, and the emotion was intense for quite a while, but gradually became less strong. Of course I still remember them with love.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
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It shows the importance of parents in the life of the poet- when they were alive as well as after they passed away. Images of parents still visiting him is heart touching. Thank you, Michael, for sharing the translation plus the Poet's Notes.