Serious women
Serious women carry a pain that makes them look older
a desire that died and gone up to heaven finally,
a wound that they have never exposed,
even the courage not to forgive so easily.
Serious women have a strange strength
they are dedicated and give up everything, in fine,
they can give you their body and soul at length,
yet they still remain divine.
Serious women plan great things,
raise children and for the ideals they struggle
they don’t cry or complain even a bit,
are hardly offenders and never feel rival.
Serious women are not even afraid of themselves,
don’t wear make-up and never go out of fashion,
they dress simply or in expensive garments,
but stand high as the icons of compassion.
Translation by Laureta Petoshati