When You Come

Maya Angelou

When you come to me, unbidden,
Beckoning me
To long-ago rooms,
Where memories lie.

Offering me, as to a child, an attic,
Gatherings of days too few.
Baubles of stolen kisses.
Trinkets of borrowed loves.
Trunks of secret words,

I cry.

هنگامی که  می آیی 

 

مایا آنجلو

برگردان گیتی نوین

هنگامی که  ناخوانده  به نزد م می آیی  
وبا ایمایی
به تالارهایی از بس دیرینه ها
که در آن یادها نهفته اند می کشانیم

و مرا همچون کودکی به اتاق زیربام میهمان  میکنی
   از انبوه روزهایی نه بس بسیار 
   از پولک های رنگی بوسه  های که دزدیده شده بودند   
و خرده ریز  عشق های که به وام گرفته شده بودند 
جامه دان هایی از واژه های پنهانی

  گریه میکنم

Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Ann Johnson April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, is an American poet, memoirist, actress and an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement. In 2001 she was named one of the 30 most powerful women in America by Ladies Home Journal. Maya Angelou is known for her series of six autobiographies, starting with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, (1969 which was nominated for a National Book Award and called her magnum opus. Her volume of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die (1971) was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.