Sin - Carlos Bahr

I know not

whether this is forbidden;

if there’ll be forgiveness;

or if I’ll be carried to the brink of the abyss.

All that I know:

This is Love.

I know not

whether this Love is a sin;

if punishment awaits;

or if it disrespects all the decent laws

of humankind and of God.

All that I know:  it’s a Love which stuns my Life

like a whirlwind;   and

that I crawl, yes crawl, straight to your arms

in a blind passion.

And This is stronger than I am, than my Life,

my beliefs, my sense of duty.

It’s even stronger within me than

the fear of God.

Though it may be sin – how I want you,

yes, I want you all the same.

And even if everyone denies me that right,

I will seize hold of this Love.

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Carlos Bahr (1902 - 1984) Argentina

Translated by Alexander Best

Source: Zocalo Poets