I Do Not Love You As If You Were Salt-Rose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FfFNpFl_BQ

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose or topaz or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.

I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers.

Thanks to your love, a certain solid fragrance, risen from the earth lives darkly in my body.

I love you without knowing how or when or from where.

I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride.

So i love you because i know no other way than this.

Where I does not exist, nor you.

So close that your hand on my chest is your hand.

So close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.